YCGC Historic Gold Drilling Data for Hunker Creek and Klondike River

The Yukon Consolidated Gold Corporation (YCGC) documented placer gold resources in the Dawson region from 1923 to 1965. This dataset contains attributes for 1005 YCGC drill holes and shafts along lower Hunker Creek and a section of the Klondike River, digitized and analyzed in a GIS. A raster analysis of the digitized data allows for interpretation of surficial material thicknesses and gold distribution.

Use Cases

• Analyzing gold distribution characteristics based on digitized drill hole attributes.
• Examining surficial material thicknesses based on raster analysis of the digitized data.
• Identifying potential exploration prospects based on interpreted gold distribution patterns.
• Building upon previously published summaries of YCGC data for historical resource analysis.

Strengths

• Attributes for 1005 YCGC drill holes and shafts are digitized.
• Data is analyzed in a Geographical Information System (GIS), suggesting spatial structure.
• The dataset builds upon a robust collection of historic maps and documents from 1923 to 1965.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to its historic source period.

Provenance

Source

Government of Yukon | Gouvernement du Yukon

Collection Method

Historic YCGC data was digitized, compiled, and analyzed in a GIS.

Time Range

1923 to 1965

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:50:26.917759; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Lower Hunker Creek and a short section of the Klondike River in the Dawson region, Yukon.