Summary of Activities 2023

ISSN 2562-8623 (Print) / ISSN 2562-8631 (Online)

Geoscience BC, Report 2024-01

Geoscience BC Summary of Activities 2023 contains eleven papers from Geoscience BC projects and Geoscience BC Scholarship 2023 recipients that are within Geoscience BC's strategic focus area of minerals and energy. 

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Summary of Activities 2023

Individual Papers	Page
Foreword (PDF document, 1.1 KB) Note: Also contains the document title page, publishing information and table of contents	iii
Critical Minerals and Metals
T. Höy and W. Jackaman Geology of the West Kootenay Area, Southern British Columbia: regional compilation and mineral potential (PDF document, 3.6 MB)	1
L. Abdale, J. Nelson and L.A. Groat Testing the relationship between the Cottonbelt lead-zinc deposit and the carbonatite-syenite province of the Frenchman Cap dome area, southeastern British Columbia (PDF document, 6 MB)	3
H. Xu, S. Barker, F. Bouzari, C. Harraden and M. Manor Characterizing hostrocks and alteration footprints at the Lorraine alkalic copper-gold porphyry deposit, north-central British Columbia (PDF document, 19.1 MB)	11
K.R. Broda, A.E. Williams-Jones and O.V. Vasyukova Controls on the nickel mineralization of the Alaskan-type Turnagain deposit, north-central British Columbia (PDF document, 3.1 MB)	23
K.M. Powers, K.E.L. Rubingh and S.L.L. Barker Stratigraphic classification and geochronology within the Hazelton Group, Stewart mining camp, northwestern British Columbia  (PDF document, 8.3 MB)	33
J. Dlugosz, K.P. Larson, C.J.M. Lawley, C.J. Beno and D.C. Petts Trace-element mapping by laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry of sulphide minerals from the Burgandy Ridge copper-gold alkalic porphyry prospect in the Golden Triangle, northwestern British Columbia (PDF document, 8 MB)	47
R.J. Johnston, L.A. Kennedy, K.A. Hickey and B.I. van Straaten Revisiting the stratigraphy of the alkalic Stuhini Group in the Galore Creek area, northwestern British Columbia (PDF document, 7.8 MB)	59
G. Pamparana, B. Klein and M.G. Bergerman Effect of the specific pressing force, material moisture content and roll speed on throughput of the high-pressure grinding roll: pilot-scale test on Copper Mountain mine ore, south-central British Columbia (PDF document, 3.1 MB)	67
B. Bahroudi, J. Singh and L.H. Fraser Application of zeolite, leonardite and compost as a tool for mine reclamation: a greenhouse study using tailings from the historical Afton mine in south-central British Columbia (PDF document, 3.9 MB)	79
Cleaner Energy
F. Hormozzade Ghalati, J.A. Craven, D. Motazedian and S.E. Grasby Petrophysical analysis of geothermal systems at Mount Meager, southwestern British Columbia (PDF document, 992 KB)	93
Geological Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
M. Nazemi Key considerations for carbon dioxide sequestration in the Lower Mainland, southwestern British Columbia (PDF document, 5.6 MB)	101