BCGS presents game-changer for explorers in NW Stikine

VANCOUVER — Geologists Jeff Kyba and Joanne Nelson from the British Columbia Geological Survey may have unlocked the secret to world class porphyry and intrusion related gold-copper deposits in northwestern B.C.

They’ve discovered that most of the major deposits in the region occur within 2 km of a regional stratigraphic contact, and, according to Kyba, there are lithological and structural clues to narrow that window even further.

“The contact represents a period in earth’s history when a lot of deposits in B.C. were forming,” Kyba says during an interview with The Northern Miner. “But no one really knows what controlled their emplacement and where best to look. We’re trying to answer that question, and so far the results are very exciting.”

Northwest B.C. contains the remnants of a much larger, ancient volcanic arc – similar to the present-day Philippines – called the Stikine terrane.

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