Gabrielle Jones, MSc. | DERTS Trainees

 

Degree program: MSc, University of Alberta Supervisors: Graham Pearson & Luke Oates (BCGS) Email: gojones@ualberta.ca Graduated: December, 2021

Gabrielle was a MSc student at the University of Alberta working under the supervision of Dr. Graham Pearson (DERTS) and Luke Ootes (British Columbia Geological Survey). Her research was completed in collaboration with the British Columbia Geological Survey on their multi-year Hogem batholith bedrock mapping project in north-central BC. The purpose of her study was to constrain crystallization ages and to develop a better understanding of the petrogenesis of the Hogem batholith, which is a multi-phase Mesozoic intrusion located in Quesnel terrane and is a host to several known copper-porphyry prospects. Her project involved analyzing a suite of samples from the batholith using mineral-scale isotope geochemistry, including U-Pb, Lu-Hf, oxygen-isotope, and trace element analyses.

During her BSc, Gabrielle conducted a directed study supervised by Dr. Derek Thorkelson (SFU) on several Cu-sulphide bearing hornblendite intrusions in the Hogem batholith. This study included detailed petrographic work and analyzation of whole-rock and mineral geochemistry to characterize the intrusions.

Gabrielle successfully defended her thesis in Dececmber 2021.

Gabrielle is currently working with Talisker Resources.

Internships: BC geological Survey, July -August 2019, Septmeber -December 2020

 

Jones, G., (2022) Implications of in situ zircon U-Pb, Lu-Hf, oxygen-isotope, and trace element geochemistry on the petrogenetic history of the northern Hogem batholith in the Quesnel terrane, north-central British Columbia, Canadian Cordillera. MSc Thesis University of Aberta, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-krqv-n452

Ootes, L., Jones, G., Schiarizza, P., Milidragovic, D., Friedman, R., Camacho, A., Luo, Y., Vezinet, A., Pearson, D.G., and Zhang, S., 2020. Geochronologic and geochemical data from northern Hogem batholith and its surroundings, north-central British Columbia. British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, British Columbia Geological Survey GeoFile 2020-01, 21p.

Jones, G.O., Pearson, D.G., Vezinet, A., Luo, Y., Stern, R.A., Milidragovic, D. and Ootes, L. (2021):  Preliminary zircon geochemistry of northern Hogem batholith, Quesnel terrane, north-central British Columbia (parts of NTS 093M/16, 093N/13, 14, 094C/03–06, 094D/01, 08); in Geoscience BC Summary of Activities 2020: Minerals and Mining, Geoscience BC, Report 2021-01, p. 105–120.

Jones, G., Ootes, L., Milidragovic, D., Friedman, R., Camacho, A., Luo, Y, Vezinet, A., Pearson, D.G., and Schiarizza, P., 2021. Geochronology of northern Hogem batholith, Quesnel terrane, north-central British Columbia. In: Geological Fieldwork 2020, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, British Columbia Geological Survey Paper 2021-01, pp. 37-56.