Skukum Creek Gold-Silver Vein Structure and Alteration Analysis

Southern Yukon's Skukum Creek deposit features an east-trending sinistral strike-slip system bounded by the Berney Creek and Goddell faults. This dataset from the Government of Yukon provides a detailed evaluation of structure and alteration related to gold- and silver-rich, base metal-bearing veins, completed as part of a 2002 mineral exploration program. It proposes a geological model for identifying prospective structures.

Use Cases

• Modeling vein-hosted mineralization based on described northeast-trending quartz-sulphide shear veins.
• Identifying prospective structures based on the proposed geological model for the property.
• Analyzing alteration patterns related to mineralization and specific rhyolite dykes.
• Comparing mineralization styles between Skukum Creek (electrum, freibergite) and Goddell (refractory gold in arsenopyrite).

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific, well-described deposit (Skukum Creek) with named bounding faults (Berney Creek, Goddell).
• Includes a proposed geological model for identifying prospective structures.
• Provides detailed mineralogical information (electrum, freibergite, galena-stibnite, arsenopyrite).

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 a single deposit study.

Provenance

Source

Government of Yukon

Collection Method

Part of a 2002 mineral exploration program.

Time Range

2002

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 16:07:51.369759; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Skukum Creek deposit, southern Yukon