Jessica Norris, M.Sc., P.Geo.
Last updated on April 3, 2025Senior Mineral Resource Geoscientist
Jessica is responsible for managing the delivery of public geoscience and mineral resource information. She leads the mineral resource team 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
Jessica joined the BCGS in 2015 as the Mineral and Coal Assessment Geoscientist and became the Senior Mineral Resource Geoscientist in 2023. Jessica provides guidance on the submission of mineral and coal technical assessment reports, maintains the ARIS, COALFILE, MINFILE, and Property File databases, and supervises the mineral resource information team. Jessica leads projects modernizing and enhancing the mineral resource datasets and web applications.
Previously, Jessica worked as an exploration geologist in the Canadian Cordillera. During this time, she completed her M.Sc. degree at UBC (MDRU) on the Red Chris porphyry Cu-Au deposit.
Publications
2023
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.
2019
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.
2012
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 Unpublished M.Sc.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.
2011
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.
2010
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.