Grant: Alliance Grants
The University of British Columbia
$243,425.00
Fingerprinting favourable volcanic horizons for precious and critical metal deposits in the Golden Triangle, British Columbia
EF 2024-25
Résumé
This project aims to define a chemical and temporal "fingerprint" for volcanic rocks in the so-called "Golden
Triangle" of northwest British Columbia which are most prospective for precious-metal rich VHMS and
epithermal deposits, and supply tools to allow mineral deposit explorers to recognise and map those host rocks and discover new deposits. This project will establish a geological and exploration framework that will
improve precious and base metal discovery success in the Golden Triangle. We will develop new knowledge
and tools to help explorers understand where they are within the volcanic stratigraphy, to recognise the most prospective stratigraphy, and to enable them to differentiate and target mineral deposit styles. A refined stratigraphic understanding will aid explorers to distinguish mineralizing systems and fertile host rocks, allow an enhanced understanding of structural controls on deposits, and enable explorers to more easily recognise post-deposit structural modification.
Programme
Alliance Grants
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
British Columbia, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
570924-2021
Name nom
Barker, Shaun SLLB
Department département
Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Organization id
2
Institution établissement
The University of British Columbia
Province en
British Columbia
Province fr
Colombie-Britannique
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2024
Competition year année de concours
2021
Award amount
243425
Program id
ALLRP
Program name en
Alliance Grants
Program name fr
Subventions Alliance
Group en
RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Group fr
PARTENARIATS DE RECHERCHE
Committee code
96
Committee name en
RPP Internal Decision Cttee
Committee name fr
Cté de décision interne - PPR
Area of application code
202
Area of application group en
Natural resources (economic aspects)
Area of application group fr
Ressources naturelles (aspects économiques)
Area of application en
Mineral resources ( prospecting, exploration, mining, extraction, processing)
Area of application fr
Ressources minérales (prospection, exploration, mines, extraction et préparation)
Research subject code
4003
Research subject group en
Earth science
Research subject group fr
Sciences de la terre
Research subject en
Economic geology
Research subject fr
Géologie économique
Field of research list names en
Not available
Field of research list names fr
Non disponible
Socioeconomic objective list names en
Not available
Socioeconomic objective list names fr
Non disponible
Application title
Fingerprinting favourable volcanic horizons for precious and critical metal deposits in the Golden Triangle, British Columbia
Keywords
chemostratigraphy; chronostratigraphy; copper; critical metals; detrital zircon geochronology; epithermal; gold; hazleton group; lithogeochemistry; volcanogenic massive sulphides
Application summary
This project aims to define a chemical and temporal "fingerprint" for volcanic rocks in the so-called "Golden
Triangle" of northwest British Columbia which are most prospective for precious-metal rich VHMS and
epithermal deposits, and supply tools to allow mineral deposit explorers to recognise and map those host rocks and discover new deposits. This project will establish a geological and exploration framework that will
improve precious and base metal discovery success in the Golden Triangle. We will develop new knowledge
and tools to help explorers understand where they are within the volcanic stratigraphy, to recognise the most prospective stratigraphy, and to enable them to differentiate and target mineral deposit styles. A refined stratigraphic understanding will aid explorers to distinguish mineralizing systems and fertile host rocks, allow an enhanced understanding of structural controls on deposits, and enable explorers to more easily recognise post-deposit structural modification.
