Group 1 lists Yukon industrial minerals and minor metals with proven resources, including barite, antimony, and platinum group elements. Group 2 enumerates 25 industrial minerals and 14 minor metals known to occur with reasonable chance of economic discovery. The dataset is provided by the Government of Yukon and was last updated on April 17, 2026.
Use Cases
- Assessing development potential for proven resources based on market conditions mentioned for Group 1 minerals.
- Identifying exploration targets for economic deposits based on the list of known occurrences in Group 2.
- Evaluating future resource potential based on favorable geology for Group 3 minerals.
- Prioritizing exploration based on world market forecasts and cost competitiveness for Group 4 minerals.
- Planning systematic field evaluations to document occurrence and characteristics for Group 5 minerals.
Strengths
- Categorizes resources into five distinct groups based on development status and potential.
- Lists over 40 specific industrial minerals and minor metals across the groups.
Limitations
- Row count and column-level documentation are unknown; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:51:25.416849; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- Government of Yukon
- Freshness
- 2026-04-17 15:51:25.416849
- Geography
- Yukon, Canada