Our Study area was within the Nechako Watershed located in South East British Columbia. An area rich with resources such as copper, silver, and gold. Due to its previous economic potential, there was a thorough geochemical survey within the Nechako Watershed as well as surrounding areas, and using this data we chose to conduct a geochemical survey.

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The Nechako reservoir has had multiple mines over the years. There are currently two active mines in the area. The mines are located in areas of interest to Canada. Canada is one of the largest producers of natural minerals in the world and is always looking for new areas to mine. The use of these mines allowed for a lot of data to be recorded for the minerals we conducted research into.

 

Figure 1 contains the modified geologic map from the British Columbia Geologic Survey Map 2006-5.  It was simplified to cut down on the amount of data that was to be processed in our techniques. 

 

Figure 2 contains the yellow outline of the watershed and the green points are stream sample locations. The samples were taken as sediment captured in moss. Once collected organic material is removed and the sediment was analyzed using ICP-MS and all values in this report are in ppm.