Yukon's mineral industry activities in 1976, reviewed by the Geology Section of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs. The report includes descriptions of work on mineral claims, summaries of producing mines, and geological papers on select properties. Information was gathered from site visits, communications, technical reports, trade journals, and government publications.
Use Cases
- Analyze historical lode mining and exploration activities based on descriptions of work on mineral claims.
- Study operating summaries of producing mines in the Yukon.
- Review geological papers on select mineral properties.
- Identify sources of historical mining information based on the list of technical reports.
- Compare activities across different mining types (lode, coal, placer) as described in the report.
Strengths
- Report is structured by specific mining types: lode, coal, and placer.
- Information sourced from multiple channels including site visits, personal communications, and technical publications.
- Includes a list of assessment reports, both confidential and available for inspection.
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 temporal bias inherent to a single-year report from 1976.
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
- 1976
- Geography
- Yukon, Canada