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CONCEPT

 

          

The conceptual model for this project was to:

 

Determine locations in BC which have high mineral potential AND are proximal to roads (1), then, subtract areas which are unsuitable for mineral exploration (2)

 

  1. FACTORS: Proximity to roads, mineral potential

Considerations:

  • ~650,000 km of resource roads and ~24,000 km of paved roads throughout British Columbia

  • A mineral resource assessment (mineral potential) polygon prepared by the BC Geological Survey during the 1992-1996 mineral potential project defines 794 tracts which are given a relative rank from 1 to 794 based on the likelihood of discovering new metallic and or industrial mineral resources.

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  1. CONSTRAINTS: Areas unsuitable for mineral exploration

Considerations:

  • Area’s covered by large bodies of water (lakes)

  • Land on which a free miner may not enter outlined in the Mineral Tenures Act:

 

The right of entry does not extend to:

 

Justification

(a) land occupied by a building,

Residential and industrial land is valid, just not the vicinity or location of any building on the property.  Buildings were not considered in analysis as data was not found and assumed to have negligible outcome on final map considering scale.

 

(b) the curtilage of a dwelling house

(c) orchard land

Agricultural land was first considered as unsuitable, however, during the production of the map, a large number of tenures were found to be on agricultural land. Further research showed that the “Agricultural land reserve” states that surveying, exploring or prospecting for gravel or minerals are permitted in an agricultural land reserve if all cuts, trenches and similar alterations are

restored to the natural ground level on completion of the

surveying, exploring or prospecting. So for the purposes of mineral exploration, orchard land and land under cultivation was still considered in the analysis.

 

(d) land under cultivation

(e) land lawfully occupied for mining purposes, except for the purposes of exploring and locating for minerals or placer minerals as permitted by this Act

 

This represents active mineral tenures, and was considered unsuitable area for mineral exploration.

(f) protected heritage property, except as authorized by the local government or minister responsible for the protection of the protected heritage property, or

Heritage property was not considered in analysis as data was not found and assumed to have negligible effect on final map considering scale.

(g) land in a park, except as permitted by section 21

This represents BC parks and ecological reserves and was considered unsuitable area for mineral exploration
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