Publications

British Columbia - Solo Authored

Yukon

Geological and Geochemical Report on the Summit Property (Benz & Jones, 2012)

A Geological and Geochemical Report on the Oliver Property (Benz, 2012)

Geological and Geochemical Report on the Big One Property (Benz & Jones, 2012)

Academia

Multivariate statistical analysis of lodgepole pine outer bark samples for metallic mineral exploration within the southern Nechako Plateau, British Columbia, Canada (Benz, 2017)

Diamond Indicators, Trace Elements, and Kimberlites: A Comparative Study Using Examples from the Slave and Kaapvaal Cratons (Benz, 2006)

Conferences

Presenter - Geochemical Neural Network Classification of Indicator Minerals Based on Associated Diamond Content

SEG100 Pre-Recorded Speed Talk in Whistler, BC (2021)

Co-Presenter with Herb Jacobson - Future Mineral Exploration

SEG100 Pre-Recorded Speed Talk in Whistler, BC (2021)

Presenter - Takom Exploration Ltd. Proof Project

AMEBC Roundup Prospectors' Tent in Vancouver, BC (2019)

Poster Presentation - Remote Sensing Analysis of the Nechako Plateau using Landsat, ASTER and Spot Datasets

AMEBC Roundup in Vancouver, BC (2011)

UNBC Graduate Student Conference and NRESi Annual Lecture and Poster Session in Prince George, BC (2011)

Co-Chair – GS3 Mineralogy, Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry (II) Technical Program

Geological Association of Canada - Mineralogical Association of Canada Annual Meeting in Halifax, NS (2005)

Presenter – Preliminary LAM-ICP-MS analysis of diamond indicator silicate
minerals in the Panda and New Eland kimberlite pipes

Geological Association of Canada - Mineralogical Association of Canada Annual Meeting - Mineralogy, Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry Technical Program in Halifax, NS (2005)

Coding

Author - Exploratory Data Analysis Multi-Year Biogeochemical Compilation (2023)

This R Studio report output is available in Appendix C. Exploratory data analysis is an important piece of the puzzle for compiling multi-year data in the pursuit of discovering potential mines; after Quality Assurance and Quality Control assessments, of course. The purpose of this report is to compile the vegetation (logepole pine twig) biogeochemical data collected in 2018 and 2022 to assist in understanding the chemical characteristics of the Proof Project area. The R Studio coding is not published.

Author - Python-Diamond Indicator Neural Network (2021)

These coding companions are designed to take you through the creation of neural networks to classify associated diamond contents for 5 different diamond indicator silicate minerals: G10 garnet (G10), eclogitic garnet (EG), chrome diopside (CRD), olivine (OL) and orthopyroxene (OPX). The csv data files are available and the models can be used on other data.

Author - Python-BC ARIS Prospector Contributions (2020)

Taking a look at the monetary expenditures of prospectors to mineral exploration in British Columbia (Canada) between 1998 and 2018 using data captured by the BC Assessment Report Indexing System (ARIS).

Author - R-BioGeochemistry Project (2019)

Missing, below detection and above detection limit imputation and RQ-Principal Component Analysis (PCA) of geochemical and biogeochemical data for use in mineral exploration and environmental studies.

Includes R scripts:

Censor-ImputeMissing: k-nearest neighbour imputation of missing values

Censor-ImputeUDL: parametric replacement of above detection limit values based on ilr-transformation

PCA-workflow-ImputeBDL-clr-RQPCA: imputation of below detection limit (BDL) values, calculation of centred log-ratio (clr) values and RQ-Principal Component Analysis

BC Publications

Yukon Publications

Academia

Conferences

Coding