Emily Miller, M.Sc.
Last updated on April 3, 2025Minerals Specialist
Emily leads regional geological studies and bedrock mapping programs to provide geological maps, reports, and other British Columbia Geological Survey products.
Education
University of Alberta (B.Sc., 2008)
University of British Columbia (M.Sc., 2024)
Expertise
Emily joined the BCGS in 2022. She is a regional geological mapper who focusses on the rocks of Stikine terrane, mainly in northwest British Columbia. Emily’s research is directed at using structural and stratigraphic frameworks to provide insight into the tectonic evolution and distribution of mineralization in the province.
Before joining the BCGS Emily spent approximately a decade working in mineral exploration in the Cordillera of British Columbia and the Yukon on diverse deposits, focussing on geological mapping, historical data compilation, and geochemical surveys for target generation and evaluation.
Publications
2025
Miller, E.A., Ferri, M.D., van Straaten, B.I., and Wall, C., 2025. Stratigraphic framework, structural setting, and timing of VMS, epithermal, and porphyry mineralization in the Kitsault River area, northwest British Columbia. In: Geological Fieldwork 2024, British Columbia Ministry of Mining and Critical Minerals, British Columbia Geological Survey Paper 2025-01, pp. 17-47.
2023
Miller, E.A., van Straaten, B.I., and Hunter, R.C., 2023. Update on bedrock mapping in the Kitsault River area, northwestern British Columbia. In: Geological Fieldwork 2022, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, British Columbia Geological Survey Paper 2023-01, pp. 23-32.
van Straaten, B.I., Logan, J.M., Nelson, J.L., Moynihan, D.P., Diakow, L.J., Gibson, R., Bichlmaier, S.J., Wearmouth, C.D., Friedman, R.M., Golding, M.L., Miller, E.A. and Poulton, T.P., 2023. Bedrock geology of the Dease Lake area: Supporting GIS, structural, magnetic susceptibility, and other digital data, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, British Columbia Geological Survey GeoFile 2023-08, 5p.
2020
Miller, E.A., Kennedy, L.A., and van Straaten, B.I., 2020. Geology of the Kinskuch Lake area and Big Bulk porphyry prospect, northwestern British Columbia: Syndepositional faulting and basin formation during the Rhaetian (latest Triassic) transition from the Stuhini to the Hazelton Group. In: Geological Fieldwork 2019, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, British Columbia Geological Survey Paper 2020-01, pp. 77-99.
2019
Miller, E.A., Kennedy, L. ,and van Straaten, B.I., 2019. Preliminary field results from Kinskuch Lake, northwestern British Columbia (NTS 103P/11): a study of the boundary between the Stuhini and Hazelton groups, in Geoscience BC Summary of Activities 2018: Minerals and Mining, Geoscience BC, Report 2019-1, p. 75–86.