Mineral Exploration

36 Mineral Exploration | amebc.ca Exploration in British Columbia By GORDON CLARKE, JOHN DEGRACE, ADRIAN HICKIN, FIONA KATAY AND BRUCE NORTHCOTE, BRITISH COLUMBIA MINISTRY OF ENERGY, MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES ÛÚ ÛÚ Ì ÛÚ Ì XW # XW XW XW XW XW Ì XW Ì XW Ì XW Ì XW Ì XW Ì XW Ì XW Ì XW Ì XW Ì XW Ì XW Ì XW Ì XW Ì XW Ì XW Ì XW Ì é é é é é é é é Ì Ì Ì Ì ! ( T !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( ! ( ! ( Ì ! ( Ì ! ( Ì ! ( Ì ! ( Ì ! ( Ì ! ( Ì ! ( Ì ! ( Ì ! ( Ì Ì XW XW ! ( ! ( Ì GJ KSM E&L Fox Pil OGK Axe Ike KSP Joy 3Ts ZMM Dome Ajax Aley Thor Akie Fran Duke Kena Orca Iskut Eliza Hixon Decar Thorn Brett Brule Endako Acacia Kutcho Gibson Alpine Duncan Kliyul Winner Tahsis Redhill May Mac Silvana Kwanika Woodjam Kirkham Hushamu Red Dog Rateria Pyramid Tatogga Quinsam Flatbed Giscome Kitsault Morrison Bralorne Spectrum Snowbird Van Anda Fireside Red Chris (Cu-Au±Ag) New Afton (Cu-Au±Ag) Gibraltar (Cu±Mo±Au) Bonaparte Red Cliff Lexington Silvertip Apple Bay Longworth Myra Falls Little Gem Shovelnose CAP claims Blue River Provencher Polar Jade Huckleberry Forest Kerr Silver Coin Ladner Gold Kemess East Jesse Creek Midway Telkwa Coal Gillies Bay Mount Polley (Cu-Au±Ag) Mt. Milligan (Cu-Au±Ag) Harper Creek Red Mountain Galore Creek Schaft Creek Dolly Varden Yellowjacket Gold Lac La Hache Nechako Gold Cassiar Jade Sechelt Ruddock Creek Surprise Lake New Craigmont Copper Canyon Milligan West Skoonka Creek Bromley Creek Black Crystal Kootenay New Prosperity Miner Mountain Panorama North Sumas Mountain Ogden Mountain Groundhog North Moberley Spanish Mountain Premier/Dilworth Garibaldi Pumice Burnco Aggregate Willow Creek Kutcho Creek Jade Atlin Gold Project Driftwood Magnesite Cariboo Gold Project Wolverine Surespan Brucejack (Au-Ag) Prophecy Gold Drop Wapiti East Golden Crown Rabbit North Treaty Creek Pinnacle Reef Wahleach Creek Copper Mountain (Cu-Au±Ag) Homestake Ridge Prospect Valley Sechelt Carbonate Gold Creek Project Highland Valley Copper (Cu±Mo±Au) Trend Geologic setting Coast Plutonic complex Outboard Alexander Wrangellia Cassiar Basinal Younger Volcanics Overlap Cache affiliates Ancestral Post accretionary assemblages Terranes 0 100 200 50 Km Coal Coal Aggregate Aggregate ÛÚ Industrial mineral Barite XW Basalt XW Graphite XW Gypsum XW Jade XW Limestone XW Magnesite XW Phosphate XW coloured by commodity Property status ( Ì Operating ( Development ( Proposed ( Ì Care and maintenance Primary commodity Metal Porphyry Cu±Mo±Au ! ( Mo ! ( Cu-Ag±Au ! ( Au±Cu±Ag ! ( Epithermal Au±Ag±Cu ! ( Au ! ( Manto Ag-Pb-Zn ! ( Skarn Cu-Au ! ( W ! ( Sediment-hosted Zn-Pb±Ag ! ( Cu±Ag±Co ! ( Ag-Pb-Zn ! ( Volcanogenic sulphide Cu-Pb-Zn ! ( Cu-Au ! ( Ag-Pb-Zn±Au ! ( Zn-Pb±Ag ! ( ÛÚ ÛÚ Ì ÛÚ Ì XW # XW XW XW Ì XW Ì XW Ì XW Ì XW Ì XW Ì XW Ì XW Ì XW Ì XW Ì XW Ì é é é é é é Ì Ì Ì Ì ! ( T !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( ! ( ! ( Ì ! ( Ì ! ( Ì ! ( Ì ! ( Ì ! ( Ì ! ( Ì Ì XW XW ! ( ! ( Ì GJ KSM E&L Pil OGK Ike KSP Joy 3Ts Dome Aley Akie Fran Duke Orca Iskut Eliza Hixon Decar Thorn Brule Endako Kutcho Gibson Kliyul Tahsis Redhill Kwanika Woodjam Kirkham Hushamu Red Dog Pyramid Tatogga Quinsam Giscome Kitsault Morrison Bralorne Spectrum Snowbird Van Anda Fireside Red Chris (Cu-Au±Ag) Gibraltar (Cu±Mo±Au) Bonaparte Red Cliff Silvertip Apple Bay Longworth Myra Falls Little Gem CAP Provencher Polar Jade Huckleberry Forest Kerr Silver Coin Ladner Gold Kemess East Telkwa Coal Gillies Bay Mount Polley (Cu-Au±Ag) Mt. Milligan (Cu-Au±Ag) Red Mountain Galore Creek Schaft Creek Dolly Varden Yellowjacket Gold Nechako Gold Cassiar Jade Sechelt Surprise Lake Copper Canyon Milligan West Skoonka Creek New Prosperity Panorama North Sumas Mountain Ogden Mountain Groundhog North Spanish Premier/Dilworth Garibaldi Pumice Burnco Aggregate Willow Creek Kutcho Creek Jade Atlin Gold Project Cariboo Wolverine Surespan Brucejack (Au-Ag) Prophecy Wapiti East Treaty Creek Pinnacle Reef Wahleach Creek Homestake Ridge Prospect Valley Sechelt Carbonate Gold Highland Valley Copper (Cu±Mo±Au) 0 100 200 50 Km P reliminary reports from Ministry of Energy and Mines and Petroleum Resources regional geologists and the Mineral Development Oice indicate exploration activity in 2017 has improved over 2016, stabilizing a decreasing trend that started in 2012. A few projects were interrupted by forest fires, but work resumed in the fall. Activity was driven by elevated gold, base metal and coal prices. 2017 in review MAIN MAP: MINISTRY OF ENERGY, MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES " CARTOGRAPHY: HOLLY ARNOLD

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