Summary
This project will inform decision-making and help attract mineral resource development investment to the West Kootenay area in BC’s Southeast Region through the compilation of geologic data from the western four 1:50,000 NTS map sheets of the Nelson mapsheet (NTS 082F). This research continues eastwards from work done in the project Geological Mapping, Compilation and Mineral Evaluation of the Boundary District; Southern British Columbia. The current project area covers approximately 4,000 km2 and incorporates several past-producing mining camps including Rossland (gold-copper), as well as active mineral exploration camps.
The project includes compiling geological data in updated digital maps for the BC Digital Geology database and will be made available on the BC Geological Survey’s MapPlace 2. Final project outputs can be used by the mineral exploration industry, Indigenous groups, and local communities to inform resource development decisions, in particular in the search for critical minerals to contribute to Canada’s net-zero emissions goals and economy.
This is a collaborative project between Geoscience BC and the BC Geological Survey.