Yukon placer mining data for 2022 describes active operations and reported gold production. The dataset likely contains information on 147 operations reporting sluicing activity, with 72% located in Dawson, 20% in central Yukon, and 8% in southern Yukon. Reported placer gold production exceeded 70,000 crude ounces for the sixth consecutive year, with impurities accounting for an average of 20% of the mass.
Use Cases
- Model regional economic impact based on the distribution of active operations across Dawson, central, and southern Yukon.
- Analyze industry stability based on the reported sixth consecutive year of production exceeding 70,000 ounces.
- Estimate refined gold yield based on the description that impurities account for an average of 20% of the crude ounce mass.
Strengths
- Provides specific counts for active operations (147) and their regional distribution percentages.
- Includes a multi-year trend fact: reported production exceeded 70,000 ounces for six consecutive years.
- Contains a technical detail about crude ounces, specifying an average impurity mass of 20%.
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
- Time Range
- 2022
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:51:06.067815; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Yukon, Canada (Dawson, central, and southern regions)