Mineral Exploration is the official publication of the Association of Mineral Exploration British Columbia.
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gravity data and add more historical data to the database. These results were released at the 2013 Minerals South conference in early November. The new East Kootenay Chamber of Mines Core Library in Fort Steele also received funding from the SEEK project. The mandate of the library is to collect, restore and catalogue core from the Sullivan SEDEX deposit and surrounding areas. Results of the SEEK project are published on an ongoing basis on Geoscience BC's website. The Northern Vancouver Island Exploration Geoscience Project was developed by Geoscience BC and the Island Coastal Economic Trust to generate new geoscience information in an area of the province with a strong history of mineral exploration and mining. The project, which includes the communities of Campbell River, Port Hardy, Port McNeill, Alert Bay, Port Alice, Sayward and Zeballos, was announced in July 2012, and project activities were completed in May 2013. It included two technical components: an airborne magnetic survey flown by Geo-Data Solutions GDS Inc. (results released January 2013) and a two-part regional geochemical program managed by Noble Exploration Services Ltd. (results released May 2013). The Quesnellia Exploration Strategy (QUEST) project began in 2007, and was followed by the QUEST-West, QUESTSouth and QUEST-Northwest projects, the last of which was completed in January 2013. The QUEST suite of multidisciplinary projects involved the collection of new geoscience datasets to help guide B.C.'s understanding of Quesnellia and Stikine Terrane rocks under cover. QUEST adds new geochemical and airborne survey data, which 22 Acme Analytical Laboratories.indd 1 p20-23_Technology.indd 22 w i n t e r 2 013 Overview of Geoscience BC activities. help geologists and explorers "see through" the quaternary cover to get a better understanding of the bedrock geology and where to find mineral occurrences. QUEST data will continue to stimulate economic activity in regions of the province that have been negatively affected by the mountain pine beetle infestation. QUEST was named for the belt of rocks called the Quesnellia Terrane, which runs in a long linear zone from Williams Lake to just northwest of Mackenzie, and which is believed to have high undiscovered mineral potential. The zone hosts important Map : Geoscience BC 13-10-31 1:58 PM 13-11-27 10:00 AM