Yukon Stream Sediment Geochemistry for Mineral Exploration in NTS 105G

New geochemical data from re-analysis of archived stream sediment samples assessed using weighted sums modeling and catchment basin analysis. The Government of Yukon released this data as part of a regional assessment covering a large part of Yukon, with results presented as catchment maps and associated data files. The release includes evaluations of both commodity and pathfinder element abundances to highlight areas with geochemical responses consistent with base and precious-metal mineral deposit types.

Use Cases

• Modeling mineral deposit potential based on weighted sums of commodity and pathfinder elements.
• Conducting catchment basin analysis for regional geochemical exploration.
• Identifying areas with geochemical anomalies consistent with base-metal deposit types.
• Identifying areas with geochemical anomalies consistent with precious-metal deposit types.

Strengths

• Data is part of a regional assessment covering a large part of Yukon.
• Analysis uses two distinct modeling approaches: weighted sums modeling and catchment basin analysis.
• Results are presented as a series of catchment maps and associated data files.

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 geographic bias inherent to the specific NTS 105G region of Yukon.

Provenance

Source

Government of Yukon | Gouvernement du Yukon

Collection Method

Re-analysis of archived stream sediment samples using weighted sums modeling and catchment basin analysis as described in methodology report YGS Open File 2015-10.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-20 15:33:33.065194; freshness should be verified.

Geography

NTS 105G, a large part of Yukon, Canada.