Jessica Norris, M.Sc., P.Geo.
Senior Mineral Resource Geoscientist
Jessica is responsible for managing the delivery of public geoscience and mineral resource information. She leads the mineral resource group, to approve and manage assessment reports, compile mineral occurrences, archive exploration technical documents, and update, integrate and improve mineral exploration and resource inventory data.
Education
University of Alberta (B.Sc. Honours, 2006)
University of British Columbia (M.Sc., 2012)
Expertise
In 2023 Jessica took on the role of Senior Mineral Resource Geoscientist to coordinate efforts to maximize efficient and effective development and use of geoscience databases and tools. Jessica joined the BCGS in 2015 as the Mineral and Coal Assessment Geoscientist where she was responsible for the review of mineral and coal assessment reports and maintained the ARIS and COALFILE databases. Previously, Jessica worked as an exploration geologist in western and northern Canada on a variety of projects and mineral deposit types. During this time, she completed her M.Sc. degree at UBC (MDRU) on the Red Chris porphyry Cu-Au deposit.
Publications
Norris, J.R., Tosdal, R.M., Lipske, J., Wilson, A.J., 2023. Late-Stage Low-Temperature Hydrothermal Alteration Overprint at the East Zone in the Red Chris Porphyry Cu-Au Deposit, Northwestern British Columbia, Canada. Economic Geology 2023; 118 (2): 391–409.
Norris, J., and Fortin, G., 2019. Assessment report-sourced surface sediment geochemical database: Development and initial data release from the Interior Plateau. British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, British Columbia Geological Survey GeoFile 2019-04, 9p.
Norris, J.R., 2012. Evolution of alteration and mineralization at the Red Chris copper-gold porphyry deposit East Zone, northwestern British Columbia, Canada. Unpublished M.Sc. thesis, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 212 p.
Norris, J.R., Hart, C.J.R., Tosdal, R.M., and Rees, C., 2011. Magmatic evolution, mineralization and alteration of the Red Chris copper-gold porphyry deposit, northwestern British Columbia (NTS 104H/12W). In: Geoscience BC Summary of Activities 2010, Geoscience BC, Report 2011-1, pp. 33–44.
Norris, J.R., Hart, C.J.R., Tosdal, R.M., and Rees, C., 2010. Preliminary study of the magmatic evolution, mineralization and alteration of the Red Chris copper-gold porphyry deposit, northwestern British Columbia (NTS 104H/12W). In: Geoscience BC Summary of Activities 2009, Geoscience BC, Report 2010-1, pp. 77–86.
