QUEST WEST

Key Researcher(s): Aeroquest Airborne Ltd.ArrayM. ArgyleArrayW. Jackaman

Project ID(s): 2008-QW002, 2008-QW003, 2008-QW004, 2008-QW005

Key Research Organization(s): Aeroquest Airborne Ltd., Noble Exploration Services Ltd., Sander Geophysics Ltd.

Project Location: Central Interior

Strategic Focus Area: Minerals

Summary

Following up on the success of the QUEST Project, Geoscience BC launched the QUEST-West Project in June 2008. The project helps to identify the mineral potential of over 40,000 km² from Vanderhoof and Fort St. James to Terrace and Kitimat. The Regional Districts of Bulkley-Nechako and Kitimat-Stikine, Northern Development Initiative Trust and the BC Geological Survey (Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources) are partners with Geoscience BC on this project.

QUEST-West included two new airborne geophysical surveys, a new ground geochemical survey and additional geoscience data compilation. To date, Geoscience BC's Board has approved $4.5 Million for data collection, compilation, analysis and distribution. Geoscience BC's QUEST-West activities were funded by a generous $6 million grant from the Province of BC, and an additional $750,000 from the Regional District of Bulkley–Nechako and the Northern Development Initiative Trust.

Click here for a shapefile of the QUEST-West geophysical survey outline.

Deliverables

GBC Compilation Maps
- Geoscience BC Report 2010-12: QUEST-West Project Compilation Maps
  
  This report consists of the final version of a suite of maps prepared for the QUEST-West project, including existing public geology, geophysics, and topography data and new Geoscience BC-produced geophysics and geochemistry data for the QUEST-West project area.
  
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  - Map 2010-12-1: QUEST-West Project – BCGS Geology (PDF, 10.4 MB)
  - Map 2010-12-2: QUEST-West Project – BCGS Mineral Deposits (PDF, 10 MB)
  - Map 2010-12-3: QUEST-West Project – BCGS Geology – Hillshade Composite (PDF, 62.7 MB)
  - Map 2010-12-4: QUEST-West Project – NRCAN Magnetics – Total Field (PDF, 40 MB)
  - Map 2010-12-5: QUEST-West Project – NRCAN Magnetics – Reduced to Pole (PDF, 39.5 MB)
  - Map 2010-12-6: QUEST-West Project – NRCAN Magnetics – Potential (PDF, 29 MB)
  - Map 2010-12-7: QUEST-West Project – NRCAN Gravity – Bouguer Corrected (PDF, 26 MB)
  - Map 2010-12-8: QUEST-West Project – NRCAN Gravity – Isostatic Residual (PDF, 27.8 MB)
  - Map 2010-12-9: QUEST-West Project – NRCAN Gravity – First Vertical Derivative (PDF, 31.6 MB)
  - Map 2010-12-10: QUEST-West Project – Airborne Gravity – Bouguer Anomaly (PDF, 14.6 MB)
  - Map 2010-12-11: QUEST-West Project – Airborne Gravity – Isostatic Residual (PDF, 14.5 MB)
  - Map 2010-12-12: QUEST-West Project – Airborne Gravity – First Vertical Derivative (PDF, 18.5 MB)
  - Map 2010-12-13: QUEST-West Project – AeroTEM – First Channel ZOFF1 (PDF, 15.1 MB)
  - Map 2010-12-14: QUEST-West Project – AeroTEM – Time Constant Tau (PDF, 16.5 MB)
  - Map 2010-12-15: QUEST-West Project – Elevation Model (PDF, 92.8 MB)
  - Map 2010-12-16: QUEST-West Project – Lake and Stream Sediment Geochemistry – Copper (PDF, 4 MB)
  - Map 2010-12-17: QUEST-West Project – Lake and Stream Sediment Geochemistry – Molybdenum (PDF, 4 MB)
  - Map 2010-12-18: QUEST-West Project – Lake and Stream Sediment Geochemistry – Silver (PDF, 4 MB)
Geochemical Surveys
- Geoscience BC Report 2009-05: QUEST-West Project Sample Reanalysis
  
  Geoscience BC Report 2009-05 is part of the QUEST-West project, which covers over 40,000 kilometers from Vanderhoof and Fort St. James to Terrace and Kitimat. The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako, Northern Development Initiative Trust and the BC Geological Survey (Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources) partner with Geoscience BC on this project. This digital release includes inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) results for a total of 3479 archived stream and lake sediment samples that cover parts of NTS map sheets 93E, F, L, and M.
  
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  - Raw Data in Excel file (ZIP, 1.46 MB)
  - Quality Control data (Geoscience BC Report 2018-15). For more information, see Project 2016-018
- Geoscience BC Report 2009-11: Regional Drainage Sediment and Water Geochemical Data, Central British Columbia
  
  Geoscience BC Report 2009-11 is part of the QUEST-West project, report covers over 40,000 kilometers from Vanderhoof and Fort St. James to Terrace and Kitimat. Geoscience BC in partnership with the Northern Development Initiative Trust and the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako funded an infill drainage sediment and water survey in 2008 conducted in central British Columbia. This digital release includes results of the 2008 infill survey and parts of this package incorporate data from a number of previous lake and stream based surveys completed in the study area as well as the new reanalysis data that were released in January 2009 as part of the QUEST-West Project.
  
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  - Appendix A – Data Listings (PDF, 410 KB)
  - Appendix B – Statistics (PDF, 447 KB)
  - Appendices C1-C3 – Map List, Location Map and Geology Map (ZIP, 8.45 MB)
  - Appendix C4 – ICP-MS Maps (ZIP, 124 MB)
  - Appendix C5 – INAA Maps (ZIP, 103 MB)
  - Raw Data in DBF and Excel files, and Readme file (ZIP, 4.8 MB)
  - Quality Control data (Geoscience BC Report 2018-15).
Geophysical Surveys
- Geoscience BC Report 2008-10: Final QUEST-West Airborne Gravity Dataset
  
  Geoscience BC Report 2008-10 is part of the QUEST-West project, which covers over 40,000 square kilometers from Vanderhoof and Fort St. James to Terrace and Kitimat. The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako, Northern Development Initiative Trust and the BC Geological Survey (Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources) partner with Geoscience BC on this project. This data release is on the airborne gravity survey conducted by Sander Geophysics Limited in the QUEST-West area of British Columbia.
  
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  - Raw Data – Readme file (TXT, 7 KB)
  - Raw Data in Geosoft Format ASCII Line Data (ZIP, 127 MB)
- Raw Data in Geosoft Grids
  - Geosoft Grids (BC Albers NAD83) (ZIP, 2.64 MB)
  - Geosoft Grids (UTM Zone 9 NAD83) (ZIP, 2.64 MB)
  - Geosoft Grids (UTM Zone 10 NAD83) (ZIP, 2.64 MB)
- PDF Maps
  - 1:500,000 scale map
    - Digital Terrain Model (PDF, 13 MB)
    - Free Air Gravity (PDF, 12 MB)
    - Terrain Corrected Bouguer Gravity (PDF, 7 MB)
    - First Vertical Derivative of Bouguer Gravity (PDF, 1 MB)
  - 1:250,000 scale map
    - Digital Terrain Model (PDF, 29MB)
    - Free Air Gravity (PDF, 30 MB)
    - Terrain Corrected Bouguer Gravity (PDF, 22 MB)
    - First Vertical Derivative of Bouguer Gravity (PDF, 15 MB)
- Geoscience BC Report 2009-06: QUEST-West Airborne Electromagnetic Dataset
  
  Geoscience BC Report 2009-06 is part of the QUEST-West project, which covers over 40,000 square kilometers from Vanderhoof and Fort St. James to Terrace and Kitimat. The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako, Northern Development Initiative Trust and the BC Geological Survey (Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources) partner with Geoscience BC on this project. This data release is on the airborne electromagnetic (EM) survey of QUEST-West area collected by Aeroquest Surveys.
  
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  - Blocks 1 and 2 – Data and Maps
  - Raw Data – Block 1 (UTM Zone 9)
  - Raw Data – Block 2 (UTM Zone 10)
    - Block D (ZIP, 322 MB)
    - Block E (ZIP, 314 MB)
  - Geosoft Grid Files – Includes grid files for both Block 1 and 2
- Late Time Tau (ZIP, 252 KB)
- Total Magnetic Intensity (ZIP, 232 KB)
- AeroTEM Z Offtime Channel 1 (ZIP, 232 KB)
- Google Earth Files
  - - Flight navigation lines, EM anomalies and geophysical grids in Google Earth kmz format (ZIP, 45 MB)
- Geosoft Map files (250k scale) – Each map includes grid files for both block 1 and 2
- PDF Maps (250 k scale)
- Infill Survey Blocks – Data and Maps – Each infill zip file includes raw data, maps, grids, Google Earth files, and Geosoft project file.
- Geoscience BC Report 2009-18: 1D Inversion Modelling of QUEST-West Electromagnetic Data
  
  This report describes the EM1DTM Inversion modelling carried out on the AeroTEM electromagnetic data from Geoscience BC’s QUEST West Project. Data collected over the two large-scale blocks of the QUEST West area and the six infill areas (Huckleberry, Bell, Granisle, Equity Silver, Endako and Morrision) were inverted to produce pseudo 3D resistivity models. The UBC-GIF EM1DTM code was used to produce a 1D resistivity model at each sounding location. These 1D models were then concatenated to produce a 2D image of the subsurface along the survey lines. Two-dimensional lines were then displayed in 3D space. This survey consists of two blocks (Block 1 in UTM Zone 9 and Block 2 in UTM Zone 10), which are subdivided into smaller blocks. Six infill blocks were also flown over known mineralization. The maps below show the QUEST-West survey blocks (Blocks 1 and 2), sub-blocks and the 6 infill survey blocks.
  
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  - Database – GDB (ZIP, 111 MB)
  - Voxel Models (ZIP, 97 MB)
  - Geosoft Maps (ZIP, 309 MB)
  - PDF Maps (ZIP, 282 MB)
Technical Articles
- 2009: QUEST-West Geophysics in Central British Columbia (NTS 093E, F, G, K, L, M, N, 103I): New Regional Gravity and Helicopter-Borne Time-Domain Electromagnetic Data: Summary of Activities 2008, Geoscience BC Report 2009-01 (PDF, 4.64 MB)
- 2009: QUEST-West Project Geochemistry: Field Survey and Data Reanalysis, Central British Columbia (parts of NTS 093E, F, J, K, L, M, N): Summary of Activities 2008, Geoscience BC Report 2009-01 (PDF, 5.48 MB)
Posters and Presentations
- 2009: AeroTem Survey Results from the Equity Silver Mine: Mineral Exploration Roundup Poster (PDF, 3.96 MB)
- 2009: QUEST-WEST Project Geochemistry: Field Surveys & Data Reanalysis: Mineral Exploration Roundup Poster (PDF, 44.5 MB)
- 2008: QUEST-West Project Summer 2008: Geoscience BC QUEST-West Project Brochure (PDF, 1.81 MB)
- 2008: Minfile Occurences in the QUEST-WEST Project Area: Geoscience BC QUEST-West Project Map (PDF, 7.44 MB) – Geology and Minfile info from MapPlace.ca
- 2008: Mineral Claim Staking in the QUEST-WEST Project Area: Geoscience BC QUEST-West Project Map (PDF, 7.95 MB) – Geology info from MapPlace.ca, Mineral Claim info from Land and Resource Data Warehouse (18 July, 2008)
News Releases
- May 14, 2009: Geoscience BC Report 2009-11: Regional Drainage Sediment and Water Geochemical Data, Central BC (parts of NTS 93E, F, G, J, K, L, M, N & O)
- January 26, 2009: Geoscience BC Releases New Results from $5 Million QUEST-West Project
- November 6, 2008: Geoscience BC Releases QUEST-West Airborne Gravity Survey
- August 1, 2008: Geoscience BC launches QUEST-West Airborne Electromagnetic Survey
- June 19, 2008: Launch of the QUEST West Mountain Pine Beetle Geoscience Project
Geoscience BC QUEST-West Follow-up Projects
- Project 2009-24: Regional 3D Inversion Modeling of Airborne Gravity, Magnetic, and Electromagnetic Data, Central BC – Nigel Phillips, Mira Geoscience

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QUEST WEST

Summary

Deliverables

GBC Compilation Maps

Geochemical Surveys

Geophysical Surveys

Technical Articles

Posters and Presentations

News Releases

Geoscience BC QUEST-West Follow-up Projects