Golden Triangle Geophysics Data Compilation Project
Lead Researcher(s):
Project ID: 2018-056
Key Research Organization(s): Geoscience BC
Project Location: Northwest BC
Strategic Focus Area: Minerals
Summary
This project is improving the quality and coverage of publicly accessible geophysical data in an area known as the Golden Triangle in British Columbia’s Northwest Region by acquiring and publishing privately held industry data.
The Golden Triangle is BC’s most active mineral exploration area. It hosts several operating and past-producing mines as well as hundreds of mineral exploration and early mine development projects.
If you have questions about the Golden Triangle Geophysics Data Compilation Project, or if you would like to contact the project team about data submissions, please email goldentriangle@geosciencebc.com
Golden Triangle Public Data: Geoscience BC Webinar – September 2020
Geoscience BC hosted an online webinar on September 29, 2020 that showed how the mineral exploration sector can collaborate to create a valuable new public dataset in northwest British Columbia’s Golden Triangle, and highlight existing data available in the area.
The Need
Regional geophysical data is often gathered using helicopter or airplane and is used to help understand a region’s geology. Magnetic data is used to identify changes in geology that can highlight potential mineral exploration targets. Magnetic data can be used to generate two-dimensional maps and three-dimensional models to identify potential mineral deposits.
The focus of this project is acquiring, reviewing and purchasing existing airborne magnetic data that is not available publicly for the Golden Triangle. Collected data will be consolidated and published to provide a more comprehensive public geophysics dataset for the area.
Bringing together large-scale, high quality data for the Golden Triangle region has short- and long-term uses, including improving the understanding of the area’s major geological features and the mineral systems throughout the region. The data will be valuable to the mineral exploration sector, governments, Indigenous groups and academia to guide decisions about mineral exploration. It may also guide future geoscience initiatives.
Project Goals
This project fits under Geoscience BC’s Strategic Objective of ‘Identifying New Natural Resource Opportunities’ and the goal to:
Undertake research that adds value to existing or ongoing data sets through ground-truthing studies, data interpretation and mining camp compilations.
Specifically, this project is:
Generating a regional-scale airborne geophysical dataset for the Golden Triangle area;
Stimulating new geological interpretations; and
Facilitating innovative uses of geophysical data by providing a very large public data set.
This project will help to identify regional scale geologic trends that can focus exploration for new deposits or extensions of existing deposits, attracting continued mineral exploration interest and investment in BC’s Northwest Region.
A regional-scale geophysical compilation will enable broad interpretation of the geology and mineral potential in the Golden Triangle and can be used by mineral exploration companies, Indigenous groups, governments and academia to plan and attract investment to BC.
Survey Area
This project covers an area known as the Golden Triangle in BC’s Northwest Region. An outline of the project area can be seen on Geoscience BC’s Earth Science Viewer and in the map below. The Golden Triangle is in the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine.
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