The BC Geophysical Society and Geoscience BC are proud to present the 2018 BCGS Fall Symposium “Geophysics for Mineral Systems Thinking”

Many world-class mineral deposits are known to lie above geophysical and geochemical anomalies in the lithospheric mantle. The new paradigm in mineral exploration for such large-scale deposits, driven primarily by the Australian experience, is to image the whole lithosphere looking for those geophysical and geochemical anomalies and in particular to map the fluid pathways through which mantle derived fluids pass upwards through the crust. This approach, of mapping the whole mineral system, is one that leads very effectively to discovery of significant deposits through developing understanding of the whole system. In this new paradigm large-scale geophysics has a crucial role to play in the identification and definition of geologic systems on a regional scale, which can have an enhanced expectation of being the location of resources:  minerals, petroleum, diamonds and geothermal.

Symposium Schedule: BCGS 2018 Fall Symposium Schedule

Symposium Abstract Booklet: BCGS 2018 Fall Symposium Abstracts

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Co-Chairs: Joel Jansen, Anglo American and Alan Jones, Complete MT Solutions

Introduction By: Gavin Dirom, President and CEO, Geoscience BC

Speakers:

Katherine Boggs, Mount Royal University – From LITHOPROBE through EarthScope to the new pan-Canadian EON-ROSE Research Initiatives; Geologic Implications for Mineral Exploration across North America

Fred Cook, University of Calgary (emeritus) – Geophysical, Geochemical and Geological Targeting Potential Mineral Deposits: From Lithospheric Scale to a 5-cm Drill Core

Fiona Ann Darbyshire, Université du Québec à Montréal – Regional-scale natural-source seismology and the cratonic lithosphere

David Eaton, University of Calgary – Tectonic architecture in the Canadian Cordillera: Potential insights from CCArray seismological studies

Randy Enkin, GSC-Pacific, NRCan – Petrophysics for Mineral Exploration: Linking Geophysics and Alteration Geology

Alan Jones, Complete MT Solutions  – Keynote: Mineral systems mapping using magnetotellurics: Examples from Canada and Australia

Henry Lyatsky, Exploration Consultant – Exploration Uses of Regional Gravity and Magnetic Data: Examples from Province-Scale Work in Alberta

Ben Murphy, Oregon State University – How Long-Period EarthScope MT Data Might Inform Targeted Mineral Exploration in the Central United States

Andrew Schaeffer , GSC-Pacific, NRCan – Probing the diamond potential of the North American Lithosphere using seismic tomography

Adam Schultz, Oregon State University – Detailed studies of geothermal and volcanic systems by combining EarthScope long-period MT USArray data with higher-resolution wideband MT arrays embedded in the larger array

Richard Smith, Laurentian University – Geophysical exploration for mineral systems: highlights from the NSERC-CMIC Footprints Project and CFREF Metal Earth Project

Martyn Unsworth, University of Alberta – Lithospheric resistivity structure of Western Canada from long-period magnetotelluric data