Yukon Mineral Potential Assessment for Cassiar and Yukon-Tanana Terranes

In February 2000, the Yukon Government Mineral Resources Branch convened a panel of industry geologists to estimate the likelihood of new discoveries. Their estimates were processed in a mineral deposit simulator to produce simulated tonnage and dollar values for tracts of approximately 1000 km². Separate runs for significant deposit models were completed to produce model-specific maps.

Use Cases

• Rank tracts for mineral exploration investment based on simulated dollar values.
• Compare mineral potential between geological terranes based on model-specific maps.
• Estimate likelihood of new discoveries based on expert panel assessments.

Strengths

• Assessment based on expert panel of industry geologists convened in February 2000.
• Simulated dollar values provide a comparative ranking metric for tracts.
• Model-specific maps were produced for significant deposit models.

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 Yukon terranes.

Provenance

Source

Government of Yukon

Collection Method

Expert panel estimates processed in a mineral deposit simulator.

Time Range

Assessment conducted in February 2000.

Geography

Cassiar Terrane and eastern Yukon-Tanana Terrane in Yukon, Canada.