Sedimentology of Placer Gravels Near Mount Nansen, Yukon Territory

Eight distinct clastic facies, including clay-rich diamicton and stratified sandy gravel, characterize unconsolidated sediments in the Mount Nansen area. The thesis suggests significant placer gold concentrations occur not only in alluvium but also within diamicton at the bedrock contact. This document is available online via the EMR library and an embargoed thesis at http://hdl.handle.net/1880/30694.

Use Cases

• Classifying sediment facies based on the eight described clastic types
• Mapping gold deposit locations based on the described diamicton/bedrock contact
• Analyzing glacial and glaciofluvial deposit origins from the facies interpretations

Strengths

• Facies classification includes eight distinct sediment types
• Thesis provides a specific interpretation for gold concentration within diamicton
• Data is linked to a publicly accessible thesis via a provided URL

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download

Provenance

Source

Government of Yukon

Collection Method

Likely contains geological field study and thesis research.

Geography

Mount Nansen area, central Yukon Territory