Placer Gold Deposits and Ages Along Dominion Creek, Yukon

Placer gold deposits in Dominion Creek and its tributaries are categorized by age and depositional setting. Paleomagnetic and radiocarbon dating results suggest deposits range from the Pliocene White Channel gravel (older than 2.6 million years) to Pleistocene and Holocene Dominion Creek gravel (47,000 to 6,000 years BP). The dataset is provided by the Government of Yukon and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Correlating placer deposit ages based on paleomagnetic polarity data mentioned in the description
• Mapping the distribution of different gravel units (White Channel, Ross, Dominion Creek) for resource assessment
• Analyzing gold morphology and provenance based on descriptions of flat, rounded, well-travelled grains

Strengths

• Paleomagnetic polarity data for White Channel, Ross, and Dominion Creek gravels provides age constraints
• Radiocarbon ages for Dominion Creek gravel range from older than 47,000 years BP to 6,000 years BP
• Deposits are categorized into five distinct geological units with volumetric assessments

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 the specific creek system studied

Provenance

Source

Government of Yukon

Time Range

Pliocene to Holocene (older than 2.6 million years to ~6,000 years BP)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:56:39.659174

Geography

Dominion Creek, Sulphur Creek, Gold Run Creek, Klondike area, Yukon, Canada