By Jacques Houle, P.Eng. April 2015
BC MINFILE BC ARIS Assessment Reports BC MapPlace BC Mineral Deposit Profiles
Parksville Area Infrastructure
BCGS 2005 Geology
GSC 1 st Vertical Derivative Aeromagnetics
2 Prospects Both Cu+/-Ag Quartz Veins 11 Showings 5 Cu+/-Ag Quartz Veins 2 Cu Skarns 2 Porphyry Cu+/-Mo+/-Au 1 Limestone 1 Sub-Bituminous Coal 2 Syngenetic 1 Limestone 1 Sub-Bituminous Coal 11 Epigenetic 7 Cu+/-Ag Quartz Veins 2 Cu Skarns 2 Porphyry Cu+/-Au+/-Mo
BC Mineral Deposit Profiles
Co-genetic and Co-spatial Relationships! Current Erosional Level determines Deposit Depth!
MINFILE Clusters + Aeromagnetics
MINFILE Clusters + Geology
Diverse Geology 3 Sedimentary 1 Volcanic 3 Intrusive Varied & Early Stage Mineral Occurrences 2 Syngenetic – 2 Types 11 Epigenetic – 3 Types
1. Geology generalized but very useful 2. Aeromagnetics suggests underlying geology 3. BC MINFILE occurrence location data generally poor 4. BC Mineral Deposit Profile assignments may be incorrect 5. BC ARIS data must be reviewed for each MINFILE