BCGS Geoscience Metadata
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Layer Name Layer Type Min. Display Range Max. Display Range Selectable Linked Report Description Metadata Link* Source Link*
File Download Layers
Crown Grant Raster Index PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View BCGW MTB
Mineral Titles PDF 1:20K Grid PolygonLayer 0 2,000,000 yes no View BCGW MTB
Mineral Titles PDF 1:250K Grid PolygonLayer 0 20,000,000 yes no View BCGW MTB
Coal Titles PDF 1:250K Grid PolygonLayer 0 20,000,000 yes no View BCGW MTB
Placer Titles PDF 1:250K Grid PolygonLayer 0 20,000,000 yes no View BCGW MTB
Geology Download _TM Proj. PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View GSB GSB
BC Administrative Area Layers
Cities PointLayer 0 20,000,000 yes no View BCGW CRGB
BC Communities PointLayer 0 2,000,000 yes yes View NRCan NRCan
BC Localities (<500K) PointLayer 0 500,000 yes yes n/a NRCan NRCan
BC Municipalities PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View NRCan NRCan
BC Municipality labels PolygonLayer 0 500,000 yes no View NRCan NRCan
Provincial Electoral Boundaries PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000 yes no View BCGW BC Stats
Regional Mines Offices PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View MEM
Administrative Boundaries PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a NRCan NRCan
Regional Districts PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View NRCan NRCan
Development Regions PolygonLayer 0 20,000,000 yes no View InvestBC
WLAP Boundaries PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View BCGW MoE
BC Mining Divisions (Gold Commissioner) PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View BCGW MEM
BC Mining Regions (Shade) PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View BCGW MEM
BC Mining Regions (Solid) PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View BCGW MEM
BC Border PolylineLayer 0 25,000,000 no no n/a NRCan NRCan
First Nations Layers
Aboriginal Communities PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View BCGW INAC
Indian Reserves PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000 yes no View BCGW LRDW
Indian Reserves PolygonLayer 1,000,000 64,000,000,000 yes no View BCGW LRDW
Treaty SOIs outlines PolygonLayer 0 2,000,000 yes no View BCGW ILRR
Treaty SOIs outlines PolygonLayer 2,000,000 64,000,000,000 yes no View BCGW ILRR
Treaty SOIs labels PolygonLayer 0 2,000,000 yes no View BCGW ILRR
Treaty SOIs hatched PolygonLayer 0 4,000,000 yes no View BCGW ILRR
Parks Layers
Parks (Aug 99) solid by type PolygonLayer 1,000,000 20,000,000 yes no View BCGW BC Parks
Parks (Aug 99) solid by type (<1M) PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000 yes no View BCGW BC Parks
Parks (Aug 99) hatched by type PolygonLayer 1,000,000 20,000,000 yes no View BCGW BC Parks
Parks (Aug 99) hatched by type (<1M) PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000 yes no View BCGW BC Parks
BC Parks (July 2004) outline PolygonLayer 1,000,000 20,000,000 yes no View BCGW BC Parks
BC Parks (July 2004) outline (<1M) PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000 yes no View BCGW BC Parks
Forestry Layers
Tree Farm Licences PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View BCGW MFR
Timber Supply Areas PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View BCGW MFR
Forest districts PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View BCGW MFR
Forest districts (<2M) PolygonLayer 0 2,000,000 yes no View BCGW MFR
Forest Regions PolygonLayer 0 15,000,000 yes no View BCGW MFR
Old Growth Management Areas - DRAFT PolygonLayer 0 2,000,000 yes no View BCGW GeoBC
Mineral Inventory Layers
Aggregate Inventory (Private Pits) PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
ARIS reports by year PointLayer 0 3,000,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
ARIS number label PointLayer 0 500,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
Coal Assessment Reports PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
Coal Report Labels PointLayer 0 100,000 yes no View GSB GSB
Prospectors Reports PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
MINFILE status PointLayer 0 64,000,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
ARIS expenditure PointLayer 0 2,000,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
MINFILE as Producer PointLayer 0 20,000,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
MINFILE as Past Producer PointLayer 0 20,000,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
MINFILE as Developed Prospect PointLayer 0 20,000,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
MINFILE as Prospect PointLayer 0 20,000,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
MINFILE as Showing PointLayer 0 20,000,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
MINFILE number label PointLayer 0 500,000 yes no View GSB GSB
MINFILE historic production PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
Regional Geochem Layers
RGS locations (<2M) PointLayer 0 2,000,000 yes yes View BCGW GSB
RGS labels (<100K) PointLayer 0 1,000,000 yes no View BCGW GSB
RGS - Antimony (<1.2M) PointLayer 0 1,200,001 yes yes View BCGW GSB
RGS - Arsenic by NA (<1.2M) PointLayer 0 1,200,001 yes yes View BCGW GSB
RGS - Arsenic by AAS (<1.2M) PointLayer 0 1,200,001 yes yes View BCGW GSB
RGS - Copper (<1.2M) PointLayer 0 2,000,001 yes yes View BCGW GSB
RGS - Gold by FA (<1.2M) PointLayer 0 1,200,000 yes yes View BCGW GSB
RGS - Gold by NA (<1.2M) PointLayer 0 1,200,000 yes yes View BCGW GSB
RGS - Lead (<1.2M) PointLayer 0 1,200,000 yes yes View BCGW GSB
RGS - Mercury (<1.2M) PointLayer 0 1,200,001 yes yes View BCGW GSB
RGS - Moly (<1.2M) PointLayer 0 1,200,000 yes yes View BCGW GSB
RGS - Nickel (<1.2M) PointLayer 0 1,200,000 yes yes View BCGW GSB
RGS - Silver (<1.2M) PointLayer 0 1,200,000 yes yes View BCGW GSB
RGS - Uranium (<1.2M) PointLayer 0 1,200,000 yes yes View BCGW GSB
RGS - Zinc (<1.2M) PointLayer 0 1,200,000 yes yes View BCGW GSB
RGS - ICP Till locations PointLayer 0 15,000,000 yes yes View BCGW GSB
RGS - ICP Till labels (<100K) PointLayer 0 100,000 yes yes View BCGW GSB
RGS - INA Till locations PointLayer 0 15,000,000 yes yes View BCGW GSB
RGS - INA Till labels (<100K) PointLayer 0 100,000 yes yes View BCGW GSB
RGS - TILL - Antimony by INA (<1.2M) PointLayer 0 1,200,000 yes yes View BCGW GSB
RGS - TILL - Arsenic by INA (<1.2M) PointLayer 0 1,200,000 yes yes View BCGW GSB
RGS - TILL - Gold by INA (<1.2M) PointLayer 0 1,200,000 yes yes View BCGW GSB
RGS - TILL - Copper by ICP (<1.2M) PointLayer 0 1,200,000 yes yes View BCGW GSB
RGS - TILL - Lead by ICP (<1.2M) PointLayer 0 1,200,000 yes yes View BCGW GSB
RGS - TILL - Zinc by ICP (<1.2M) PointLayer 0 1,200,000 yes yes View BCGW GSB
RGS - TILL - Moly by ICP (<1.2M) PointLayer 0 1,200,000 yes yes View BCGW GSB
pH of waters (>2) PointLayer 2,000,000 15,000,000 yes no View BCGW GSB
pH of waters (<2M) PointLayer 0 2,000,000 yes no View BCGW GSB
pH of waters label PointLayer 0 300,000 yes no View BCGW GSB
F in waters ppb (>2M) PointLayer 2,000,000 15,000,000 yes no View BCGW GSB
F in waters ppb (<2M) PointLayer 0 2,000,000 yes no View BCGW GSB
F in waters label PointLayer 0 300,000 yes no View BCGW GSB
U in waters ppb (>2M) PointLayer 2,000,000 15,000,000 yes no View BCGW GSB
U in waters ppb (<2M) PointLayer 0 2,000,000 yes no View BCGW GSB
Rb - Sr Ratio PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View BCGW GSB
Rock Geochemistry
Geochem Sample Locations Lab ID Labels PointLayer 0 1,000,000 no no View BCGW GSB
Geochem Sample Locations PointLayer 0 1,000,000 no no View BCGW GSB
Geochem Samples by Ag (ppm) PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes yes View BCGW GSB
Geochem Samples by As (ppm) PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes yes View BCGW GSB
Geochem Samples by Au (ppm) PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes yes View BCGW GSB
Geochem Samples by Cu (ppm) PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes yes View BCGW GSB
Geochem Samples by Pb (ppm) PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes yes View BCGW GSB
Geochem Samples by Mo (ppm) PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes yes View BCGW GSB
Geochem Samples by Zn (ppm) PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes yes View BCGW GSB
Multisensor Geophysical Surveys
Geophysical Surveys PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View GSB
Mineral Titles Layers
MTO Mineral Titles Online Labels (<200K) PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000 yes no View BCGW MTO
MTO Mineral Titles Online solid (<1M) PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000 yes no View BCGW MTO
MTO Mineral Titles Online Polygon (<1M) PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000 yes no View BCGW MTO
MTO Mineral Titles Online Grid (<100K) PolygonLayer 0 100,000 yes no View BCGW MTO
Mineral titles labelled (<200K) PolygonLayer 0 500,000 yes yes View BCGW MTB
Mineral Titles outline (<1M) PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000 yes yes View BCGW MTB
Mineral titles solid (<3M) PolygonLayer 0 3,000,000 yes yes View BCGW MTB
Mineral titles solid - recently non-active (<3M) PolygonLayer 0 3,000,000 yes no View BCGW MTB
Mineral titles Claim Names (<100K) PolygonLayer 0 100,000 yes yes View BCGW MTB
Landuse Planning Layers
LRMP Outlines PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View BCGW
LRMP Labels PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View BCGW
LRMP Status March 2003 PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View BCGW
Besa-Prophet PolylineLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a ILMB
Bulkley PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a ILMB
Cariboo-Chilcotin PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a ILMB
Cariboo Goal 2 PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a ILMB
Cassiar Iskut-Stikine PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a ILMB
Central Coast PolylineLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a ILMB
Central Coast Region PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a ILMB
Dawson Creek PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a ILMB
Fort Nelson PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a ILMB
Fort St. James PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a ILMB
Fort St. James Deer PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000 yes no n/a ILMB
Fort St. John PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a ILMB
Kalum - South PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a ILMB
Kamloops PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a ILMB
Kispiox PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a ILMB
Kootenay PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a ILMB
Lakes PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a ILMB
Lillooet PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a ILMB
Lillooet Existing PA PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a ILMB
Mackenzie PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a ILMB
Merritt PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a ILMB
Morice PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a ILMB
Muskwa-Kechika Boundary PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a ILMB
Muskwa-Kechika PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a ILMB
Nass PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a ILMB
North Coast PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a ILMB
Okanagan-Shuswap PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a ILMB
Prince George PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a ILMB
Robson Valley PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a ILMB
Vancouver Island PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a ILMB
Vanderhoof PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a ILMB
PAS Study Areas PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View ILMB
PAS Study Areas 1997 PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View ILMB
BTM (Baseline Thematic Mapping)
BTM Footprint PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View BCGW
Present Land Use Southern BC <500K PolygonLayer 500,000 1,000,000 yes yes View BCGW
Present Land Use Southern BC PolygonLayer 0 500,000 yes yes View BCGW
Climate Stations (Env. Canada)
Climate stations (inactive) PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View GSB EC
Climate stations (active) PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View GSB EC
Water Quality Stations PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View GSB EC
Active BC Hydrometric Stations PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View GSB EC
Geothermal Layers
Geothermal hotsprings PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View MEM
Geothermal boreholes PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View MEM
Geothermal rotary boreholes PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View MEM
Geothermal potential PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View MEM
Mineral Resource Assessment - Level 1 (Hatched)
Mineral potential tract labels PolygonLayer 0 1,200,000 yes no View GSB GSB
Mineral potential tract rank PolygonLayer 0 3,000,000 yes no View GSB GSB
Mineral potential tract outlines PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
Mineral Potential Metals PolygonLayer 5,000,000 64,000,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
Mineral Potential Metals (<5M) PolygonLayer 2,000,000 5,000,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
Mineral Potential Metals (<2M) PolygonLayer 500,000 2,000,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
Mineral Potential Metals (<500K) PolygonLayer 0 500,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
Mineral Potential IM PolygonLayer 5,000,000 64,000,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
Mineral Potential IM (<5M) PolygonLayer 2,000,000 5,000,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
Mineral Potential IM (<2M) PolygonLayer 500,000 2,000,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
Mineral Potential IM (<500K) PolygonLayer 0 500,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
Topographic Layers
Volcanos PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View BCGW
Earthquakes PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View NRCan NRCan
Annotation (<500K) PointLayer 0 500,000 no no View BCGW CRGB
Annotation (<3M) PointLayer 0 3,000,000 no no View BCGW CRGB
Transport Structures 1:20K (<100K) PolylineLayer 0 100,000 yes no View NRCan NRCan
Land Cover 1:20K (<100K) PolylineLayer 0 100,000 yes no View BCGW NRCan
Glaciers (<2M) PolygonLayer 0 2,000,000 yes no n/a BCGW NRCan
Railways Canada PolylineLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a BCGW NRCan
Railways 1:6M PolylineLayer 100,000 64,000,000 no no n/a BCGW NRCan
Railways 1:20K (<100K) PolylineLayer 0 100,000 yes no n/a BCGW NRCan
Roads Canada PolylineLayer 2,000,000 64,000,000,000 yes no n/a BCGW NRCan
Roads 1:6M PolylineLayer 2,000,000 64,000,000,000 no no n/a BCGW NRCan
Roads 1:250K (<2M) PolylineLayer 0 2,000,000 no no n/a BCGW NRCan
Roads 1:20K (<100K) PolylineLayer 0 100,000 yes no View BCGW NRCan
Roads 1:20K undefined PolylineLayer 0 100,000 yes no n/a BCGW NRCan
Other water features PolylineLayer 0 200,000 yes no View NRCan NRCan
Islands PolylineLayer 0 200,000 yes no n/a NRCan NRCan
Coast (>1M) PolylineLayer 1,000,000 10,000,000 no no n/a NRCan NRCan
Coast (<1M) PolylineLayer 200,000 1,000,000 no no n/a NRCan NRCan
Coast 1:250K (<2M) PolylineLayer 200,000 2,000,000 no no n/a NRCan NRCan
Coast 1:20K (<1M) PolylineLayer 0 200,000 yes no n/a BCGW NRCan
Contours 1:1M (<4M) PolylineLayer 0 4,000,000 yes no View BCGW NRCan
Contours 1:250K (<2M) PolylineLayer 0 2,000,000 yes no View BCGW CRGB
Contours with Labels 1:20K (<50K) PolylineLayer 0 50,000 yes no View BCGW CRGB
Contours index 1:20K (<200K) PolylineLayer 0 50,000 yes no View BCGW CRGB
Contours west 1:20K (<100K) PolylineLayer 0 100,000 yes no View BCGW CRGB
Contours east 1:20K (<100K) PolylineLayer 0 100,000 yes no View BCGW CRGB
Contours bathymetry PolylineLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View DFO DFO
Bathymetry contours (250K) PolylineLayer 0 1,000,000 yes no View DFO DFO
Bathymetry contour labels (250K) PolylineLayer 0 100,000 yes no View DFO DFO
Water bodies 1:20K (marsh, swamp, ice) <100K PolylineLayer 0 100,000 yes no View BCGW NRCan
Man-made Waterbody (1:50K) PolygonLayer 0 300,000 yes yes View BCGW NRCan
Lakes Canada PolygonLayer 4,000,000 64,000,000,000 yes no n/a NRCan NRCan
Lakes 1:6M PolygonLayer 6,000,000 64,000,000 no no n/a BCGW CRGB
Lakes 1:4M (<6M) PolygonLayer 4,000,000 6,000,000 no no n/a BCGW CRGB
Lakes 1:2M (<4M) PolygonLayer 2,000,000 4,000,000 no no n/a BCGW CRGB
Lakes 1:250K (<2M) PolygonLayer 0 2,000,000 yes no n/a BCGW CRGB
Lakes 1:50K (<300K) PolygonLayer 0 300,000 yes yes View BCGW CRGB
Lakes 1:20K (<100K) PolylineLayer 0 100,000 yes no n/a BCGW CRGB
Wetlands (1:50K) PolygonLayer 0 300,000 yes yes View NRCan NRCan
Rivers Canada PolylineLayer 4,000,000 64,000,000,000 yes no n/a NRCan NRCan
Rivers 1:6M PolylineLayer 6,000,000 64,000,000 no no n/a BCGW CRGB
Rivers 1:4M (<6M) PolylineLayer 4,000,000 6,000,000 no no n/a BCGW CRGB
Rivers 1:2M (<4M) PolylineLayer 500,000 4,000,000 no no n/a BCGW CRGB
Rivers 1:250K (<2M) PolylineLayer 0 2,000,000 no no n/a BCGW CRGB
Rivers 1:50K (<300K) PolylineLayer 0 300,000 yes yes View BCGW CRGB
Rivers with Fisheries Report PolylineLayer 0 200,000 yes yes View BCGW CRGB
Major Rivers with Fisheries Report PolygonLayer 0 600,000 yes yes View BCGW CRGB
Rivers 1:20K (<100K) PolylineLayer 0 100,000 yes no n/a BCGW CRGB
Water Wells PointLayer 0 10,000,000 yes no View BCGW MOE
Aquifers with labels PolygonLayer 0 100,000 yes yes View BCGW MOE
Aquifers (<2M) PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000 yes yes View BCGW MOE
Aquifers (>2M) PolygonLayer 2,000,000 16,000,000 yes yes View BCGW MOE
Watershed Groups PolygonLayer 600,000 10,000,000,000 yes no View BCGW CRGB
Watershed Groups (<600K) PolygonLayer 0 600,000 yes no View BCGW CRGB
Watershed Group Labels PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000 yes no View BCGW CRGB
Watersheds 1:50K (<600K) PolygonLayer 100,000 600,000 yes no View BCGW CRGB
Watersheds 1:50K (<100K) PolygonLayer 0 100,000 yes no View BCGW CRGB
Border line 1:250K PolylineLayer 0 25,000,000 yes no n/a NRCan NRCan
Sea PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000 yes no n/a NRCan NRCan
Sea PolygonLayer 1,000,000 20,000,000 yes no n/a NRCan NRCan
Grid Layers
Grid 1:10K PolylineLayer 0 1,200,000 yes no n/a BCGW
Grid 1:20K maps - labels PolygonLayer 0 4,000,000 no no n/a BCGW
Grid 1:20K maps - outline PolylineLayer 0 4,000,000 yes no n/a BCGW
Grid 1:20K maps - polygons PolygonLayer 0 4,000,000 yes no n/a BCGW
Grid 1:50K maps - labels PolygonLayer 0 4,000,000 no no n/a BCGW
Grid 5 degrees PolylineLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a BCGW
Grid 1:50K maps - polygons PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a BCGW
Grid 1:50K maps - outline PolylineLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a BCGW
Grid 1:250K maps - labels PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000 yes no n/a BCGW
Grid 1:250K maps - outline PolylineLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a BCGW
Grid 1:250K maps - polygons PolygonLayer 0 64,000,000 yes no n/a BCGW
Grid 1:250K maps (<1M) PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000 yes no n/a BCGW
UTM Grid Lines (<1M) PolylineLayer 0 1,000,000 yes no n/a BCGW
UTM Grid Labels (<100K) PolylineLayer 0 100,000 yes no n/a BCGW
UTM Zones with labels PolylineLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a BCGW
UTM zones PolylineLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no n/a BCGW
BC AGE 2004 (UBC)
All Ages PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000 yes yes View GSB
Quaternary PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000 yes no View GSB
Neogene PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000 yes no View GSB
Oligocene PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000 yes no View GSB
Eocene PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000 yes no View GSB
Paleocene PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000 yes no View GSB
Late Cretaceous PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000 yes no View GSB
Early Cretaceous PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000 yes no View GSB
Jurassic PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000 yes no View GSB
Triassic PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000 yes no View GSB
Paleozoic PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000 yes no View GSB
Precambrian PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000 yes no View GSB
Geology Index
Date Index - GSB Bedrock Mapping PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes yes View BCGW GSB
Scale Index - GSB Bedrock Mapping PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes yes View BCGW GSB
Type Index - GSB Bedrock Mapping PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes yes View BCGW GSB
BCGS Geology Layers 2005
Ocean for Geology (<1.5M) PolygonLayer 300,000 1,500,000 yes no View GSB GSB
Ocean for Geology (<300K) PolygonLayer 0 300,000 yes no View GSB GSB
Quaternary Geology (<1.5M) PolygonLayer 0 1,500,000 yes no View GSB GSB
Contacts & Faults (<1.5M) PolylineLayer 0 1,500,000 yes no View GSB GSB
Bedrock geology - by lithology (hatched) PolygonLayer 0 1,500,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
Bedrock geology - by age and rock class (shade) PolygonLayer 0 1,500,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
Bedrock geology - by age and rock class (solid) PolygonLayer 0 1,500,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
Bedrock geology - Map Unit Labels PolygonLayer 0 2,000,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
Volcanic rocks by era (<1.5M) PolygonLayer 0 1,500,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
Sedimentary rocks by era (<1.5M) PolygonLayer 0 1,500,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
Metamorphic rocks by era (<1.5M) PolygonLayer 0 1,500,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
Intrusive rocks by era (<1.5M) PolygonLayer 0 1,500,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
Basins PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
Terranes (shaded) PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
Terranes PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
BCGS Geology Layers 1999
1999 Contacts (<4M) PolylineLayer 0 4,000,000 no no View GSB
1999 Faults (<4M) PolylineLayer 0 4,000,000 yes no View GSB
1999 Faults PolylineLayer 4,000,000 10,000,000 yes no View GSB
1999 Bedrock geology - by lithology (hatched) PolygonLayer 0 1,500,000 yes yes View GSB
1999 Bedrock geology - by age and rock class (solid) PolygonLayer 0 1,500,000 yes yes View GSB
1999 Bedrock geology - map unit labels PolygonLayer 0 1,500,000 yes yes View GSB
1999 Volcanic rocks by era (<4M) PolygonLayer 0 4,000,000 yes yes View GSB
1999 Sedimentary rocks by era (<4M) PolygonLayer 0 4,000,000 yes yes View GSB
1999 Metamorphic rocks by era (<4M) PolygonLayer 0 4,000,000 yes yes View GSB
1999 Intrusive rocks by era (<4M) PolygonLayer 0 4,000,000 yes yes View GSB
1999 Layered rocks by era (<4M) PolygonLayer 0 4,000,000 yes yes View GSB
1999 Tectonic Assemblages - BC (<4M) PolygonLayer 0 4,000,000 no no View GSB
1999 Tectonic Assemblages - BC PolygonLayer 4,000,000 15,000,000 no no View GSB
1999 Tectonic Assemblages - Yukon PolygonLayer 0 15,000,000 no no View GSB
AGS Geology Layers
Alberta Bedrock Geology- by age and rock formation (solid) PolygonLayer 0 15,000,000 yes no View AGS
GSC Geology Layers
Earthquakes (last 5 years) PointLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View NRCan NRCan
Type Index - GSC A-Series maps PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes yes View GSC NRCan
Type Index - GSC Preliminary maps PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes yes View GSC NRCan
Type Index - GSC Papers PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes yes View GSC NRCan
Type Index - GSC Open Files PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes yes View GSC NRCan
Type Index - GSC Bulletins PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes yes View GSC NRCan
GSC Surficial Geology (5M) PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View GSC NRCan
Physiography PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View NRCan GSC
Geology - geomorphological belts PolylineLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View NRCan GSC
Geologic terranes - polygons PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View NRCan GSC
Geologic terranes - labels PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes no View NRCan GSC
Geology - GSC Tect. Assem. 1:1M PolygonLayer 8,000,000 20,000,001 no no View NRCan GSC
Geology - GSC Tect. Assem. 1:1M (<8M) PolygonLayer 7,000,000 7,999,999 no no View NRCan GSC
Geology - GSC Tect. Assem. 1:1M (<7M) PolygonLayer 6,000,000 6,999,999 no no View NRCan GSC
Geology - GSC Tect. Assem. 1:1M (<6M) PolygonLayer 4,000,000 5,999,999 no no View NRCan GSC
Geology - GSC Tect. Assem. 1:1M (<4M) PolygonLayer 2,000,000 3,999,999 no no View NRCan GSC
Geology - GSC Tect. Assem. 1:1M (<2M) PolygonLayer 1,000,000 1,999,999 no no View NRCan GSC
Geology - GSC Tect. Assem. 1:1M (<1M) PolygonLayer 0 999,999 no no View NRCan GSC
GSC Faults PolygonLayer 4,000,001 20,000,000 no no View NRCan GSC
Geology - GSC Canada 1:5M PolygonLayer 8,000,000 20,000,000 no no View NRCan GSC
Geology - GSC Canada 1:5M (<8M) PolygonLayer 4,000,000 8,000,000 no no View NRCan GSC
Geology - GSC Canada 1:5M (<4M) PolygonLayer 3,000,000 4,000,000 no no View NRCan GSC
Geology - GSC Canada 1:5M (<3M) PolygonLayer 2,000,000 3,000,000 no no View NRCan GSC
Geology - GSC Canada 1:5M (<2M) PolygonLayer 0 1,999,999 no no View NRCan GSC
Mineral Resource Assessment (Level 1) 1996
Level 1 tract outlines PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
Level 1 - metals by rank PolygonLayer 5,000,000 64,000,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
Level 1 - metals by rank (<5M) PolygonLayer 2,000,000 5,000,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
Level 1 - metals by rank (<2M) PolygonLayer 500,000 2,000,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
Level 1 - metals by rank (<500K) PolygonLayer 0 500,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
Level 1 - Ind. Min by rank PolygonLayer 5,000,000 64,000,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
Level 1 - Ind. Min by rank (<5M) PolygonLayer 2,000,000 5,000,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
Level 1 - Ind. Min by rank (<2M) PolygonLayer 500,000 2,000,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
Level 1 - Ind. Min by rank (<500K) PolygonLayer 0 500,000 yes yes View GSB GSB
Raster Layers
BC Orthophotos RasterLayer 0 5,000,000 n/a no View BCGW GSB
Contour map in colour (<4M) PolygonLayer 0 4,000,000 yes no View BCGW
NASA Landsat circa 1990 RasterLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 n/a no View NASA
Landsat image RasterLayer 1,000,000 64,000,000 n/a no View NASA
Landsat image (<1M) RasterLayer 300,000 1,000,000 n/a no View NASA
Landsat image (<300K) RasterLayer 0 300,000 n/a no View NASA
DEM image hillshade RasterLayer 1,000,000 14,000,000 n/a no View CRGB
DEM image hillshade (<1M) RasterLayer 300,000 1,000,000 n/a no View CRGB
DEM image hillshade (<300K) RasterLayer 0 300,000 n/a no View CRGB
Aeromag RasterLayer 1,000,000 64,000,000 n/a no View GSC GSC
Aeromag (<1M) RasterLayer 300,000 1,000,000 n/a no View GSC GSC
Aeromag (<300K) RasterLayer 0 300,000 n/a no View GSC GSC
BC Border Layers
BC Border 1:6M PolygonLayer 1,200,000 64,000,000 no no n/a NRCan
BC Border 1:250K (<1.5M) PolygonLayer 300,000 1,500,000 no no n/a NRCan
BC Border 1:50K (<300K) PolygonLayer 200,000 300,000 no no n/a NRCan
BC Border 1:50K (<200K) PolygonLayer 0 200,000 no no n/a NRCan
Alaska Panhandle PolygonLayer 0 1,000,000,000,000 no no View

*Abbreviations: BCGW= BC Geographic Warehouse, DataBC; NRCan= Natural Resources Canada; GSB= BC Geological Survey; MEM= Ministry of Energy, Mines and Natural Gas; MTB= Mineral Titles Branch; EC= Environment Canada; MOE= Ministry of Environment; MFR= Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations; CRGB= Crown Registry and Geographic Base Branch; ILRR= Integrated Land and Resource Registry; ILMB= Integrated Land Management Branch; GSC= Geological Survey of Canada; INAC= Indian and Northern Affairs Canada; AGS= Alberta Geological Survey; NASA= National Aeronautics and Space Administration; DFO= Nautical Charts and Services

BC Geological Survey
Ministry of Energy, Mines and Natural Gas