Yukon Government, Liard First Nations, and Ross River Dena Council agreed to create a Special Management Area over Frances Lake. Field work in 2000 and 2001 revealed a previously unreported volcanic belt extending over 30 km and VMS-style mineralization in the Matt Berry deposit. The assessment recommends shifting the protected area northeast to lower-potential land and further mapping of intrusive phases.
Use Cases
- Map mineral potential based on Pb-Zn-Cu mineralization and multi-element geochemical anomalies.
- Analyze VMS-style deposit characteristics based on descriptions of the Matt Berry deposit.
- Evaluate land-use planning recommendations based on the proposed shift of the protected area.
- Identify exploration targets based on the reported Maxi prospect.
Strengths
- Field work conducted in summers of 2000 and 2001 provides temporal context.
- Assessment covers a significant Pb-Zn-Cu mineralization area abutting an advanced prospect.
- Recommendations are based on a detailed mineral potential map.
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 open_canada.
Provenance
- Source
- Government of Yukon
- Collection Method
- Field work and detailed mineral assessment.
- Time Range
- Field work conducted in summers of 2000 and 2001.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:54:16.312691; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Frances Lake Special Management Area, Yukon, bounded by Robert Campbell Highway and Nahanni Range Road.