QUEST SOUTH

Key Researcher(s): Sander Geophysics Ltd., W. Jackaman

Project ID(s): 2009-QS002, 2009-QS003, 2009-QS004

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

Project Location: Southern BC

Strategic Focus Area: Minerals

Summary

QUEST-South applies the QUEST and QUEST-West Project approach to British Columbia's southern interior. The project will create new geoscience information over an area of QUEST-South Project Area 130,000 km² from Williams Lake to the USA border, and aid mineral exploration companies in their quest to make new discoveries.

QUEST-South will include a new airborne gravity survey which covers 45,000 km² between Williams Lake and the USA border, a new ground geochemical survey in the Merritt area, and the reanalysis of almost 9000 existing geochemical samples over eight 1:250 000 NTS mapsheets (an area of approximately 126,000 km²).

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

Deliverables

Geochemical Surveys
- Geoscience BC Report 2010-13: QUEST-South Regional Geochemical Data
  
  Geoscience BC Report 2010-13, contains results of the 2009 infill surveys and parts of this package incorporate data from previous regional stream and lake based surveys completed in the study area as well as the new reanalysis results. This information has been provided in a variety of digital formats. PDF files include survey descriptions and details regarding methods, field and analytical data listings, summary statistics, sample location map, geology map and maps for individual metals. Raw digital data files used in the production process are included in XLS formats.
  
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  - Summary Report and Appendices (PDF, 2.3 MB)
  - Readme and Raw Data (excel files) (ZIP, 5.1 MB)
    - Maps 01 to 10 (locations, geology, ICPMS Aluminum to Chromium) (PDF, 63 MB)
    - Maps 11 to 20 (ICPMS Cobalt to Mercury) (PDF, 61.2 MB)
    - Maps 21 to 30 (ICPMS Molybdenum to Sulphur) (PDF, 61.3 MB)
    - Maps 31 to 40 (ICPMS Tellurium to Zinc, INAA Antimony & Arsenic) (PDF, 61.7 MB)
    - Maps 41 to 50 (INAA Barium to Lanthanum) (PDF, 61.4 MB)
    - Maps 51 to 60 (INAA Lutetium to Tungsten) (PDF, 61.2 MB)
    - Maps 61 to 68 (INAA Uranium to Ytterbium, Fluorine, Loss on Ignition, Waters) (PDF, 47.6 MB)Maps (for full list of maps refer to Appendix C of Report)
  - Quality Control data (Geoscience BC Report 2018-15). For more information, see Project 2016-018.
- Geoscience BC Report 2010-04: QUEST-South Project Sample Reanalysis
  
  Geoscience BC Report 2010-04 includes new analytical results for a total of 8256 stream sediment samples that cover parts of NTS map sheets 082E, L, M and 092H, I, J, O, P. These government-funded surveys were originally conducted from 1976 to 1981 as part of the National Geochemical Reconnaissance (NGR) program (Lett, 2005). The new data has been carefully checked for analytical quality using blind duplicate samples and control reference material. When determined to be complete and accurate, the reanalysis data were merged with sample site location information acquired from the original survey published reports. It should be noted that although efforts have been made to include all samples from the target survey areas, there are gaps in the final data set due to missing archive material for a total of 280 samples. The project was funded by Geoscience BC and managed by W. Jackaman (Noble Exploration Services Ltd.) in cooperation with M. McCurdy, J. Pinard and P. Friske of NRCan, and R. Lett and D. Lefebure of the BCGS.
  
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  - Summary Report (PDF, 369 KB)
  - Raw Data in Excel file (XLS, 4.9 MB)
  - PDF maps produced by Geoscience BC to accompany this report:
    - Copper (PDF, 4.5 MB)
    - Silver (PDF, 4.5 MB)
    - Molybdenum (PDF, 4.5 MB)
  - Quality Control data (Geoscience BC Report 2018-15). For more information, see Project 2016-018.
Geophysical Surveys
- Geoscience BC Report 2010-06: QUEST-South Airborne Gravity Dataset
  
  Geoscience BC Report 2010-06 presents the results of the QUEST-South airborne gravity survey, which covers over 45,000 square kilometers of southern BC (from Williams Lake to the USA border). This dataset was collected by Sander Geophysics Ltd. over the fall of 2009. Note: The primary data in the Quest-South airborne gravity data set is the gridded data, as final processing and quality control is done on grid based data. The *.xyz database of point oriented data may contain small differences with the values in the grids, depending on the griding process used.
  
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  - Technical Report (PDF, 6.8 MB)
  - Raw Data – Readme file (TXT, 7 KB)
  - Raw Data in Geosoft Format ASCII Line Data (ZIP, 101 MB)
- Raw Data in Geosoft Grids: Each ZIP file contains bouguer gravity, free air gravity, first vertical derivative of bouguer gravity, isostatic corrected bouguer gravity, first vertical derivative of isostatic corrected bouguer gravity and bare-earth terrain
  - Geosoft Grids (BC Albers NAD83) (ZIP, 3.8 MB)
  - Geosoft Grids (UTM Zone 10 NAD83) (ZIP, 3.8 MB)
  - Geosoft (UTM Zone 11 NAD83) (ZIP, 3.8 MB)
- PDF Maps produced by Sander Geophysics Ltd:
  - Digital Terrain Model
    - 1 : 500,000 scale map (PDF, 9.7 MB)
    - 1 : 250,000 scale map (ZIP, 29.8 MB)
  - Free Air Gravity
    - 1 : 500,000 scale map (PDF, 7.3 MB)
    - 1 : 250,000 scale map (ZIP, 28.2 MB)
  - Terrain Corrected Bouguer Gravity
    - 1 : 500,000 scale map (PDF, 5.8 MB)
    - 1 : 250,000 scale map (ZIP, 25.2 MB)
  - First Vertical Derivative of Bouguer Gravity
    - 1 : 500,000 scale map (PDF, 12.3 MB)
    - 1 : 250,000 scale map (ZIP, 34.3 MB)
- Georeferenced Images (in BC Albers NAD83) and PDF maps produced by Geoscience BC:
  - Bouguer Gravity
    - Georeferenced Image (ZIP, 2.1 MB)
    - Map (PDF, 22 MB)
  - First Vertical Derivative of Bouguer Gravity
    - Georeferenced Image (ZIP, 2.6 MB)
    - Map (PDF, 24 MB)
  - Isostatic Corrected Bouguer Gravity
    - Georeferenced Image (ZIP, 1.9 MB)
    - Map (PDF, 22 MB)
Technical Articles
- 2010: QUEST-South Geophysics: New Airborne Gravity Survey in Southern British Columbia (Parts of NTS 093A, B, 092H, I, O, P, 082A, E): Summary of Activities 2009, Geoscience BC Report 2010-01 (PDF, 3.3 MB)
- 2010: QUEST-South Geochemical Database Upgrades – New Survey and Sample Reanalysis Data, Southern British Columbia (NTS 082E, L, M,092H, I, J, O, P): Summary of Activities 2009, Geoscience BC Report 2010-01 (PDF, 5.9 MB)
Posters and Presentations
- 2010: QUEST-South Project: Field Surveys & Sample Reanalysis, Southern British Columbia (NTS 82E, L, M & 92H, I, J, O, P): Mineral Exploration Roundup Poster (PDF, 16.8 MB)
- 2009: QUEST-South Project Summer 2009: Geoscience BC QUEST-South Geochemical Project Brochure (PDF)
General Maps of Interest
- QUEST-South Project Stream Sediment Geochemistry – Copper (ICPMS) (PDF, 4.3 MB)
- QUEST-South Project Stream Sediment Geochemistry – Molybdenum (ICPMS) (PDF 4.3 MB)
News Releases
- January 18, 2010: First Results from Geoscience B.C.’s $2.5 million QUEST-South Project Expected to Stimulate New Mineral Exploration Activity in South Central B.C.
- August 28, 2009: Geoscience BC Announces QUEST-South Airborne Gravity Survey
- April 7, 2009: Geoscience BC Announces QUEST-South Phase 1 Projects
Geoscience BC QUEST-South Follow-up Projects
- Geoscience BC Report 2009-023: QUEST-South: Catchment Basin Analysis and Stream Sediment Exploration – Dennis Arne and Britt Bluemel, ioGlobal Solutions Inc.
- Geoscience BC Report 2009-025: Regional 3D Inversion Modeling of Airborne Gravity and Magnetic Data: QUEST-South, BC – Nigel Phillips, Mira Geoscience

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QUEST SOUTH

Summary

Deliverables

Geochemical Surveys

Geophysical Surveys

Technical Articles

Posters and Presentations

General Maps of Interest

News Releases

Geoscience BC QUEST-South Follow-up Projects