================================== Current version: December 19, 2019 ---------------------------------- Recommended citation: Cui, Y., Miller, D., Schiarizza, P., and Diakow, L.J., 2017. British Columbia digital geology. British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, British Columbia Geological Survey Open File 2017-8, 9p. ------------ Data package ------------ BC_digital_geology.gpkg: BC digital geology in GeoPackage format with the following layers: - Bedrock_ll83_poly BC bedrock geology in WGS 84 - Faults_ll83.shp BC faults in WGS 84 - Quaternary_ll83_poly BC Quaternary alluvium and cover in WGS 84 BC_strat_unit_colour_hex.csv: bedrock units and colours in hex code BC_strat_unit_colour_rgb.csv: bedrock units and colours in RGB BCc_strat_unit_colours.qml: bedrock units and colours as QGIS style file (QML) BC_strat_unit_colours.lyr: bedrock units and colours as ESRI layer file BC_bedrock_colours.png: bedrock display in recommended legend colours BCGS_StratAgeSymbols.ttf: BCGS Truetype font for stratigraphic age symbols -------------------- Data releasse notes: -------------------- December 19, 2019 - Integrated bedrock geology of Iskut area by Nelson (2019): Nelson, J.L., 2019. Iskut region geological compilation: Supporting data and working files. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, British Columbia Geological Survey, GeoFile 2019-02, 2p. - Integrated bedrock geology in Bowser and Sustut Basins by Evenchick et al. (2009): Evenchick, C.A., Mustrad, P.S., McMechan, M.E., Greig, C.J., Ferri, F., Ritcey, D.H., Smith, G.T., Hadlari, T., Waldron, J.W.F., 2009. Geological compilation of Bowser and Sustat basins draped on shaded relief map, north-central British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5794, scale 1:500,000. - Lithology and characteristics codes are in the process of updating so inconsistencies exist while we migrate to the new codes April 4, 2018 - Updated terrane designation for units in the southeastern BC. November 14, 2017 - Minor fixes of stratigraphic code. August 22, 2017 - New stratigraphic age symbol font (for labelling map units). July 7, 2017 - Updated bedrock geology for the Chilcotin and Bonaparte area by Paul Schiarriza. - Updated bedrock legend colours for the entire province. May 31, 2016 - Fixed errors and inconsistencies in map units. October, 2015 - Updated with geological maps for northern Vancouver Island by Graham Nixon. - Updated terranes from new terrane map by Colpron and Nelson (2011). October, 2013 - Updated with geological maps for Kutcho, North Coast, and Terrace. - Added names for some of the major faults. January, 2011 - Clean-up of line work for geological boundaries. January, 2010 - Updated with geological map for QUEST area. 2005 - Province-wide data release (Massey, N.W.D., MacIntyre, D.G., Desjardins, P.J. and Cooney, R.T., 2005)