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Search on ANY COMBINATION of the
following:
| *Note that you are working with a copy of
the database - refer to the "Database Last Posted" date on the ARIS/www search
page. We plan to update the data approximately every 2 weeks.
Navigating within the ARIS/www
Search Page |
What you see:
When search is completed a tabular report of the hits is
displayed. The report shows the Search Criteria and the Progressive Hit Count.
Only the first 50 hits are displayed; the next 50 hits and subsequent multiples can be
seen by clicking on the button at the bottom of the page.
To see more or continue your search:
The links on the search results page can be used to
continue searching on appropriate criteria. For example, clicking on:
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| Report # takes you to the detailed summary report for that particular
assessment report. |
| .PDF Report takes you to the scanned copy of the assessment report using Adobe
Reader. For larger reports there may be more than one .pdf button. |
| MINFILE Number link will display the Capsule Geology and Bibliography report for
the mineral occurrence. |
| NTS Maps link takes you to view the Assessment Report Index Map showing the
location of the centre of work performed for each assessment report. |
| Latitude/Longitude links take you to another Ministry site called "The Map
Place" where you can create your own maps interactively using interactive data
sets. A FREE Autodesk MapGuide plugin viewer is required to access "The Map
Place". Once you are there simply click on the AutoDesk icon to acquire the
viewer. Note that when you turn on the ARIS layer the assessment report you clicked
on will be at the centre of the map displayed. |
| If the New Search Menu is chosen, your
search is reset to include all assessment reports. To continue searching on your
hits, choose Refine Search and continue.
Search Results/Reports:
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A. Search by
Assessment Report Number
Assessment Report numbers are a sequential set
of 5 digit numbers, one for each Assessment Report. Enter the required Assessment
Report Number as a number and the search screen will automatically add the leading
zeros. Eg. if you enter 158 and hit Enter it will be automatically converted
to 00158 for the search. Also note there are gaps in the sequence of assessment
report numbers. |
| Field |
Accepted Value(s) |
| Assessment Report Number |
5 digits (00001-99999) |
B. Affidavit
Date
| The Affidavit Date is the date that the
Statement of Work is recorded in the Gold Commissioner's office. |
| Field |
Accepted Value(s) |
| Affidavit Date Range |
YYYY.MM.DD - YYYY.MM.DD |
C.
Claim Name
| Claim names listed for each report indicate
the claims actually worked on. As many as 15 claim names can be associated with one
assessment report. |
| Field |
Accepted Value(s) |
| Claim Name |
30 characters |
D. Property Name
| The property name listed refers to the name
the operator uses for the property. If none is provided then the first claim name
becomes the property name. There is one property name associated with each
assessment report. Prior to 1986 property names were not captured in the ARIS
database. |
| Field |
Accepted Value(s) |
| Property Name |
50 characters |
E. Individual Name - Owner/Operator/Author
There name(s) associated with
each assessment report. Names include authors, owners and operators. The
author is the individual who wrote the assessment report, owner being the individual
and/or company that had title to the claims when the work was recorded and the operator
being the individual and/or company who paid for the work performed on the claims.
There can be up to 3 authors, 3 operators and 5 owners for an assessment report.
When selecting this search any combination of
authors, owners or operators can be chosen. If you do not indicate a preference you
will obtain all three (authors, owners and operators) in your search results.
Eg. If you were looking for Jones, John and did not indicate a preference - you
would get John Jones as an author, owner and operator in your results. If you just
wanted any reports that he authored you would select the author box alongside the name of
Jones, John and would only obtain a listing of assessment reports that he authored.
If you were looking for Jones Inc. you would key in Jones Inc. Only individuals are
keyed in by surname, then first name, etc.
If exact spelling unknown, partial name
searches can be performed. Eg. Johnston or Johnson - could search on
"John". |
| Field |
Accepted Value(s) |
Name (Surname, First
Name/Initials)
or company Name |
40 characters |
| Author(s) |
‘X’ - if operator
‘ ‘ - if not operator |
| Operator(s) |
‘X’ - if operator
‘ ‘ - if not operator |
| Owner(s) |
‘X’ - if operator
‘ ‘ - if not operator |
F. Mining
Division
| The province of BC is divided into 24 Mining
Divisions. To view the pull-down list click on the downward arrow at the end of the
field to make your selection. An assessment report could reside in up to three
mining divisions however you can only perform searches on one mining division at at time. |
| Field |
Accepted Value(s) |
| Mining Division |
40 characters |
G. NTS Map
Number
The province of BC is split up into mapsheets
according to the National Topographic System (NTS). Click here
to view the NTS mapsheet areas that cover British Columbia. Searches possible
on partial NTS blocks, minimum value NNN
(1:1 000 000) scale mapsheets. Eg. 104, 083, 092B, 104B01, 092C11, etc. |
| Field |
Accepted Value(s) |
| NTS Map Number |
7 digit number, syntax
= NNNCNNC
Eg. 082E02W, 104B15E, 092H11W |
H. MINFILE
Number
| A MINFILE Number is assigned to each known
mineral occurrence in the province. These MINFILE numbers have been captured in our
ARIS database and provide a link to the MINFILE database. From the search results
just click on the MINFILE number link to go to the MINFILE database and read about the
mineral occurrence. |
| Field |
Accepted Value(s) |
| MINFILE Number |
9 characters, syntax =
NNNCCCNNN or *NNNC>>NNN Eg. 104JNE003, 092BSE012, *092JW>102,
*114P>>123 |
* > means mandatory blank space
I. Latitude/Longitude/NAD 27
& NAD 83
| A latitude/longitude coordinate is captured
which indicates the centre of the work done. Searches can be done on a range of both
latitudes and longitudes in either NAD 27 or TRIM/NAD 83 datums - simply select the NAD
and this datum will carry forward until a new search is entered. When entering
your values for these fields the tab key will move you forward through the degrees,
minutes, seconds. Any blank fields will automatically default to zeros. |
| Field |
Accepted
Value(s) |
| Latitude Range |
6
characters (48-60 degrees, minutes, seconds)
Eg. 48 15 00, 49 01 33 |
| Longitude Range |
7
characters (113-140 degrees, minutes, seconds)
Eg. 114 00 30, 116 32 00 |
| NAD27 |
georeferencing
datum |
| NAD83 |
TRIM/NAD 83
georeferencing datum |
J. Mining Camp
| The ARIS database tracks assessment reports
which fall into mining camps. To view the pull-down list click on the downward arrow
at the end of the field to make your selection. An assessment report may only reside
in one mining camp. |
| Field |
Accepted Value(s) |
| Mining Camp |
40 characters |
K. Keywords
| The ARIS database tracks keywords associated
with each assessment report. Keyword data capture commenced in April 1989 and
replaces that previous geological summary associated with the older assessment
reports. To view the pull-down list click on the downward arrow at the end of the
field to make your selection. An assessment report can be associated with as many
as 15 keywords. |
| Field |
Accepted Value(s) |
| Keywords |
30 characters |
L. General
Work Type
An assessment report can
encompass any combination of the six general work types listed. |
| Field |
Accepted Value(s) |
| General Work Type |
35 characters |
M. Specific
Work Type
| The specific work type field provide the
details of work done as documented in the assessment report. To view the pull-down
list click on the downward arrow at the end of the field to make your selection. An
assessment report can be associated with many specific work types. |
| Field |
Accepted Value(s) |
| Specific Work Type |
35 characters |
Once a search has been performed and/or
refined there are many ways of looking at your results:
N. Links - just click on any of the links (highlighted
in blue) to view by:
Assessment Report Number
- to view or print a Detailed Summary Report for an individual report. |
MINFILE Number - to go to
the MINFILE database which displays the Capsule Geology and Bibliography report for the
mineral occurrence. |
NTS Maps - to view the
Assessment Report Index Map showing the location of the centre of work
performed. If you cannot locate an assessment report on the map link it may still be
confidential and/or not yet plotted. |
Latitude/Longitude - to
go to "The MapPlace" - another Ministry site where you can create your own maps
interactively using interactive data sets. A FREE Autodesk MapGuide plugin viewer is
required to access "The Map Place". Once you are there simply click on the
AutoDesk icon to acquire the viewer. Note that when you turn on the ARIS layer
the assessment report you clicked on will be at the centre of the map displayed. |
O. List Report Numbers - this report provides you with a listing of
the assessment report numbers from your search. This report can also be saved to a
file or sent to the printer.
P. ARIS/www Detailed Summary Report - the most complete report from the ARIS/www
search page. This report summarizes all the details of an assessment report onto one
page and can be run two ways:
(1) for an individual report number - click on the Report # itself on the search results
page and print this report for an individual assessment report, or
(2) for a group of assessment report numbers (search results) - click on the ARIS/www
Detailed Summary Report button at the bottom of the search results screen and view/print
all of the search results. Use CAUTION when printing this report - if you have 655
reports in your search results you could end up printing hundreds of pages of information.
(3) Grey .PDF Button - click on this button to view the report itself. The
report is in .pdf format and can be printed using the Adobe Reader. The first time
you use this feature you will have to download the Adobe Reader onto your system.
NOTE: If a grey .PDF Button does not show up on the summary page for the report it
has not yet been posted to the web. We are scanning off confidential reports
starting in April 1999 and working backwards in time from there. Reports off
confidential in the 1960's for example won't be posted for some time. If there is
more than one .PDF Button this would indicate a large report which is split into sections
A, B, C, etc.
The Detailed Summary Report may also provide some additional information as follows: |
Title of
Report - the title given to the report by the author(s), |
Report Year
- the year the assessment report was written. |
No. of
Pages - the number of text pages in a report. |
Off
Confidential - the date (YYYY-MM-DD) that the report comes off of
confidential status and available for public viewing. An assessment report is
confidential for one year. |
Work Done
- this part of the report elaborates on the Specific Work Type field and provides details
(by work type) such as the amount of ground covered, number of maps, scales of maps, size
of holes, number of holes, etc. |
Geological
Summary - a memo field describing the geological summary of an assessment
report. This data was captured from 1981 to 1989 and was replaced with the keyword
field. |
Related
Reports - this references any other assessment reports that may be related. |
Import/Export Utility for
Searching |
| To import a list of assessment report numbers,
the file must have a .txt extension. Click on the "Import Reports" button
on the blue banner bar at the top of the Search screen and follow the instructions.
When you create your own custom .txt list it must contain a listing of assessment report
numbers in 5-digit format (eg. 00543, 02345, 12322, etc.) with hard coded carriage returns
after each number. The list can then be imported and searched on. Your search results can be saved as a .txt file using the "Export
Reports" Option on the blue banner bar at the top of the Search screen. It can
be saved as anything you want and anywhere you desire, but note that it can only be
imported back into the searches as a .txt file.
For further information on mineral assessment reports or if
you have any problems with the searches contact the Assessment Report Unit as follows: |
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the report you may encounter an error similar to this one:
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