Publications
British Columbia - Solo Authored
Geochemical and Geological Survey on the Proof Property (Benz, 2020)
Geochemical Survey on the Proof Property (Benz, 2017)
Geochemical Survey on the Luckystrike Property (Benz, 2017)
Geological and Geochemical Survey on the Empire Property (Benz, 2017)
Geological and Geochemical Survey on the Midas Property (Benz, 2017)
Geochemical Survey on the Copperhead Property (Benz, 2017)
Geological and Geochemical Survey on the Goldengate Property (Benz, 2017)
Geological and Geochemical Survey on the Goldridge Property (Benz, 2017)
Geological and Geochemical Survey on the Giant Property (Benz, 2017)
Geological and Geochemical Survey on the Motherlode Property (Benz, 2017)
Geological and Geochemical Survey on the Bullion Property (Benz, 2017)
Geological and Geochemical Survey on the Bingo Property (Benz, 2017)
Geological and Geochemical Survey on the Golddigger Property (Benz, 2017)
Geological and Geochemical Survey on the Eldorado Property (Benz, 2017)
Geological and Geochemical Survey on the Monster Property (Benz, 2017)
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
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)
Geological Association of Canada - Mineralogical Association of Canada Annual Meeting - Mineralogy, Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry Technical Program in Halifax, NS (2005)
Coding
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