The Rusty Mountain and Bonnet Plume Pass areas in Yukon are documented by the Government of Yukon. The bedrock geology includes sedimentary strata from the Paleoproterozoic Gillespie Lake Group to the Paleozoic Bouvette Formation, intruded by gabbro and diorite sills and mafic dikes. The dataset describes main structures including steeply dipping cleavage and upright folds, with northeast-southwest oriented structures in the northwest and younger Mesozoic–Cenozoic structures in the south and northeast.
Use Cases
- Map regional stratigraphy based on described sedimentary groups and formations
- Analyze structural deformation based on described cleavage and fold orientations
- Study intrusive rock relationships based on described gabbro and diorite sills and mafic dikes
- Correlate geological events based on described age relationships between structures and strata
Strengths
- Geological descriptions reference specific named groups and formations (e.g., Gillespie Lake Group, Bouvette Formation)
- Structural features are described with specific orientations (e.g., east-west striking dikes, northeast-southwest oriented structures)
- Age estimates are provided for key geological events (e.g., ca. 1.38 Ga Hart River sills, ca. 780 Ma Callison Lake Formation)
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 open_canada
Provenance
- Source
- Government of Yukon
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:43:29.241159; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Rusty Mountain and Bonnet Plume Pass (west half) areas, Yukon