| Details: This map, in BC Albers
Projection, has all the datasets and expanded geology layers. The Legend Window
to the left of the map is
organized into Layer Groups. Look for the expanded geology, mineral occurrence, ARIS and mineral
title layers at the bottom of the legend window. Administrative layers are at the top.
Topographic layers, including TRIM, are in the middle of the legend window. Two sets
of Level 1 Mineral Resource Assessment layers are available, a shaded version above the geology layers and a
solid version below the geology layers. Level 2 MRA
for metallic mineral potential is also available. Map codes
were recently rationalized and new updated sedimentary, volcanic,
metamorphic, intrusive and ultramafic geology layers were added.
Lithologies are displayed and reported by age and rock type. Geology
is compiled at a 1:250K scale. Compilation scales may be shown with
the legend label; scales in brackets, e.g. (<1:1.2M) or (<300K), are the
scales, shown in the lower right part of the map, at which the layer is
visible. This map is also available as
UTM Projected Maps. View
Geoscience Map
View Metadata for Map
Recent
Features:
| October 12, 2006, added Survey
Layers (Tantalis)
group with Crown Grants, Survey Parcels, Survey Parcel Right of Ways,
Surveyed Transport, Integrated Cadastral Fabric (ICI), No Staking Reserve
and Placer Reserves Sites.
Survey Parcels are available at 1:100K scale and ICI at 1:20K scale.
The layers are linked to reports with Legal Descriptions and PIN
Number. See
Metadata on Survey Parcels,
with link to Tantalis
GATOR System for more information.
Reserve sites are linked to
Reserves by Year. |
| April 4, 2006, Added
ARIS MapBuilder which
allows you to create property location and claim maps for use in
Assessment Reports. Includes
Help Page and KML
generator for Google Earth. |
| April 3, 2006, added
Environmental Assessment Office
Layer group with
EAO Projects separated into Mining, Energy and Other themes. The
layers and projects are linked to reports. |
| March 23, 2006, added Wildlife
Layers group with
Wildlife Habitat Area,
Ungulate
Winter Range and Guide Outfitter Areas layers and reports to Main
Maps.
Reports have links to LIBC Metadata at
Land Information
BC Discovery Service:
WHA Metadata,
UWR Metadata and
GOA Metadata. Layers are visible below 1:1 Million scale. |
| March 16, 2006, added
link to Canadian Geochronology Knowledgebase:
http://gdr.nrcan.gc.ca/geochron/index_e.php. This site also has
Web Services;
BC Example. See
Open File
2004-3 for previous release of BC Age data. |
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February 1, 2006, added Aboriginal Community, Indian
Reserve and Statement of Intent (SOI) as Categories in the Zoom Goto
tool. |
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January 18, 2006, added link to Google Earth in MINFILE
Report on BCGS Geoscience Map and other Main
Maps. |
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January 13, 2006, Geology of British Columbia published as
1:1M PDF map;
Geoscience Map 2005-3. |
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September 29, 2005, added Raster Geology layer for
Provincial scale viewing. |
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June 13, 2005, added new MTO Report, linked to Mineral
Titles Online (MTO) layers. |
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May 5, 2005, Added Rock Geochemistry layers to the BCGS Geology,
Exploration Assistant and Mineral Titles Maps. These layers
represent the data in
Geofile
2005-14. Two reports are available with these layers: Rock
Excel Dump and Rock Sample Report that can be sorted by column by
clicking the linked column headings. |
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March 20, 2005, Added Alberta Bedrock Geology layer (1:1M scale
compilation),
located in AGS Geology Layers
group. Courtesy of Alberta
Geological Survey. |
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March 19, 2005, Added one-at-a-time Raster display to the BCGS
Geology, Exploration Assistant and Mineral Titles maps. This
automatically makes all non-selected raster layers not visible when
turning on the visibility of a desired raster layer.
Added auto-minimizing layer groups
to the BCGS Geology, Exploration Assistant and Mineral Titles maps.
This automatically closes open groups that are not visible, leaving
visible groups expanded. |
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March 17, 2005, Added GSC Surficial Geology layer (1:5M) from
Surficial materials of Canada, Fulton, R.J.; Geological Survey of
Canada, "A" Series Map 1880A, 1995. Reproduced with the
permission of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services
Canada, 2005 and courtesy of Natural Resources Canada,
Geological Survey of
Canada.
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March 1, 2005, added 'Bedrock geology - by age and rock class' and
'Terrains' layers with shaded fill to BCGS Geology Layers 2005
group.
Useful with 'DEM image hillshade' turned on underneath. |
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February 10, 2005, added
Mineral Titles
Online (MTO) tenure layers. Double-click the tenure to link to a
report. Updates will be current to previous day. |
January
20, 2005, published new
Digital Bedrock
Geology layers, with new legends, to the Main Maps. The BCGS
Geoscience Map features. a new push-button Geology Legend. The layers that have been added are:
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Quaternary Geology |
| Faults and Contacts |
| Geology polygons coloured by age and rock class
(sedimentary, intrusive etc.) |
| Geology polygons hatched by rock type (this
hatch pattern is transparent and can be superimposed on raster
images) |
| Geology labels based on the lithostratigraphic
map unit. |
| Volcanic, Metamorphic and
Sedimentary Rocks by age layers |
| Basins |
| Terranes |
| Geology Legend reports to screen and Excel. Click
the Geology button, at the top of the map, to create a geology
legend of the screen view. The legend displays only what is on
screen and includes bounding box coordinates and NTS sheet. The
'Bedrock geology - by age and rock class (solid)' layer must be
turned on and zoomed in to at least 1:1,500,000 to view the Geology
Legend. Note: When
printing the Geology Legend to a colour device (PDF or printer) from
Internet Explorer, check on Print background color images in Tools,
Internet Options, Advanced, Printing. |
The cursor flyout also has information on the map
unit represented by each polygon plus it gives the poly-id and
previous keycode so that geologic errors or revisions can be brought
to our attention for specific polygons. We are looking for
feedback on these new layers and would welcome suggestions for
improvements etc. |
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December 16, 2004,
Aquifers in British Columbia from Ministry of Water, Land and Air
Protection have been added to the BCGS Geology Map. Two layers display
above 1:2 million scale, and below 1:2 million scale. A label
layer appears at 1:100,000 scale. The aquifers are themed by
high, medium and low vulnerability. An
Aquifer Report table is available using the MapGuide select tool.
The report also links to the Aquifer Classification
Database. For more information on this data theme, visit
Aquifers in British Columbia at
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wsd/. |
| October 6, 2004, Added revised BC Age data to BCGS map
and 2004A-1
(Release 3, October 2004) download to
Open File
2004-3. This release
is a
corrective-release, not an update;
no new data has been added
subsequent to the July 2004 release. See
ReadMe
Document for changes. |
| September 14, 2004, Added Updated BCGS Geology 2004
group, including Queen Charlotte Islands. Updated layers include
Ocean for Updated Geology, Quaternary Geology, Faults with geology
contacts, Bedrock Geology with map unit labels, Basins, and Terrranes. |
| July 19, 2004, Added revised BC Age data to BCGS map
and July 2004A revised download to
Open File
2004-3. This release includes additional reports and age
determinations. |
| June 16, 2004, removed Mineral
Resource Assessment Level 2 Data Downloads and MRA2 Layers from MapPlace pending review
of data. |
| May 3, 2004, added revised versions of preliminary tiles: NM 9, 10, 11, NN
9, 10, 11, NO 8, 9, 10 to
Digital
Geology downloads. |
| April 6, 2004, added updated
Digital
Geology
layers and reports to BCGS Layer group. The updated geology
does not include the Queen Charlotte Islands. |
January 26, 2004, added BC
Age 2004 of over 7000 determinations with reports and downloads.
Locations require validation.
Added new "MapperWrapper",
allows users to create layers and add map objects, such as lines,
polygons, symbols and text; results can be saved. |
| March 22, 2004, added PDF legend for 'Bedrock geology
- by age and rock class (solid)'. Right click to access pop-up
menu and select 'BCGS
Geology Legend (PDF)'. |
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The Bedrock Mapping Index (Date, Scale, Type) layer and report are
directly linked to web publications, if available. Currently
only 12 are available; others will be added as the list of
publications is updated. The links may be HTML, PDF or DWF
documents, in which case, the appropriate viewer is required.
See Geological
Maps Online for additional publication of DWF files. |
| Mineral Titles download layer to link to 082F Mineral Titles map in
PDF format (visible at 1:1.5M). Zoom to 1:1.5M scale, turn on
the Mineral Titles PDF 082F layer in the File Download Layers group
at top of the legend. Double click on the 1:20K map area and
the PDF file will open in a new window. Adobe Reader must
be installed for this feature. A new Mineral Titles Claim Name layers, visible at
1:100K scale, is also available in the Mineral Titles Layers
group.
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Geothermal Hotsprings, Boreholes, Rotary Boreholes and Potential
layers under Energy Layer group. |
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pH of Waters, F in Waters and U in Waters layers under the Regional Geochem Layers group. |
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Geologic Tectonic Assemblage layer under the BCGS
Geology Layers group. |
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Digital Orthophotos (85 images). These 1-metre pixel images
are displayed in the UTM projected maps. To link to the 5 UTM
zone maps, turn on the Orthophoto Coverage layer (at the top of the
legend), double click on the area of interest and the appropriate
Zone map will appear. The Orthophoto Layer, which is located
at the bottom on the legend, displays orthophotos in three
resolutions: 50K-18M scale; 10K-50K scale; and 0-10K scale. To
view the orthophotos, turn on the Orthophoto Coverage layer, zoom
into the area and turn on the Orthophoto Group Layer. More
Details on Orthophoto Coverage. |
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Geologic Terranes with labels are now available under the GSC
Geology Layers group. |
To access the Geology Downloads
and Crown Grant rasters, turn on the appropriate theme at the top of the legend and double
click on the map area of interest. See FAQs
(#3, #15) for additional
instructions.
The TRIM (Terrain Resource
Information Management) layers, which are visible at a zoomed scale of 1:100,000,
include Transport Structures, Rail, Roads, Rivers, Lakes, Land Cover and Contours in two
layers. The Contours east 1:20K (<100K) layer covers the area
east of 126 degrees longitudeand the Contours west 1:20K (<100K) layer
covers the area west of 126 degrees longitude. A total of 7027 mapsheets cover the Province.
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Geology Map
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