YCGC Historic Placer Data: Gold Grades and Dredge Footprints from Yukon

Historic gold grades, dredge extents, and digitized map footprints from the Yukon Consolidated Gold Corporation (YCGC). The data is provided by the Government of Yukon and was last updated on 2026-05-20. Available file formats include SHP, ZIP, GDB, and HTML.

Use Cases

• Map historic placer mining activity based on digitized dredge footprints.
• Analyze spatial distribution of gold grades from historic YCGC operations.
• Conduct environmental impact studies using historic dredge extents as a baseline.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the Government of Yukon, an authoritative source.
• Includes multiple geospatial file formats (SHP, GDB) for compatibility.
• Last update timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026-05-20 15:41:12.937188.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to historic YCGC operations.

Provenance

Source

Government of Yukon | Gouvernement du Yukon

Collection Method

Digitized from historic maps of the Yukon Consolidated Gold Corporation (YCGC).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-20 15:41:12.937188; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Yukon, Canada