A 1975 review by the Yukon government's Geology Section details lode, coal, and placer mining activities. Information was compiled from site visits, personal communications, technical reports, and publications like the Geological Survey of Canada. The report includes operating summaries for producing mines and a list of assessment reports.
Use Cases
- Historical analysis of mining activity based on descriptions of work on mineral claims
- Research on exploration company operations based on summaries of exploration work
- Technical property evaluation based on included technical papers on select properties
Strengths
- Report is structured into specific activity categories: lode mining and exploration, coal mining and exploration, and placer mining
- Information sources are documented, including site visits, technical reports, and government publications
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
Provenance
- Source
- Geology Section, Northern Natural Resources and Environment Branch, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs
- Collection Method
- Information obtained from visits to mineral properties, personal communication, technical reports, trade journals, newspapers, and government publications
- Time Range
- 1975
- Geography
- Yukon