Enhanced Stream Sediment Geochemistry for Yukon NTS 115N and 115O

A regional assessment of stream sediment geochemistry covering a large part of Yukon. The data release from the Government of Yukon includes new geochemical data from re-analysis of archived samples, assessed using weighted sums modeling and catchment basin analysis. Results are presented as catchment maps and associated data files.

Use Cases

• Identify areas with geochemical anomalies based on commodity and pathfinder element abundances.
• Model mineral deposit potential using weighted sums modeling techniques described in the methodology.
• Conduct catchment basin analysis for regional geochemical exploration.
• Evaluate geochemical responses consistent with a variety of base and precious-metal mineral deposit types.

Strengths

• Data is part of a regional assessment covering a large part of Yukon.
• Methodology is documented in a specific report (YGS Open File 2015-10).
• Analysis includes both commodity and pathfinder elements.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Government of Yukon

Collection Method

Re-analysis of archived stream sediment samples using weighted sums modeling and catchment basin analysis.

Freshness

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Geography

Yukon, Canada, specifically NTS map sheets 115N and 115O.