Compilation of historic geologic data can help identify deposits of unmined gold-bearing gravel and promote further exploration on under-explored ground. Archival documents of the Yukon Consolidated Gold Corporation (YCGC) contain detailed, accurate prospecting data, and can be used to identify dredge localities and production values. With dredge inefficiency and crude mining techniques, areas heavily worked in the past may contain both technogenic and remnant in situ gold-bearing gravel. These types of placer deposits have been the target for many miners on previously worked ground, but with the aid of historic data, these deposits can be identified and evaluated for their potential prior to any ground work. Although there are some limitations and challenges associated with the historic documents, the data contained within them can significantly support placer exploration in both mined and unmined areas of Yukon.

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A comprehensive and up-to-date dataset of Mineral Resource Statements, including NI 43-101, JORC, and historic deposits in the Yukon. Resource statements have been grouped and calculations have been made to average and total the tonnage and grade for a property.

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The Yukon Consolidated Gold Corporation (YCGC) tested, mined, and documented placer gold resources in the Dawson region from 1923 to 1965. The company was established to acquire the holdings of other dredging operations and smaller companies in the Klondike, and during the time it was active in Yukon, YCGC produced a robust collection of maps and textual documents including drilling results, dredge reserves, thawing and stripping layouts, and dredging limits. This paper uses historic YCGC data to summarize gold distribution characteristics in Hunker Creek and builds upon previously published summaries of YCGC data. Attributes of 1005 YCGC drill holes and shafts along lower Hunker Creek and a short section of the Klondike River were digitized, compiled, and analyzed in a Geographical Information System (GIS). A raster analysis of the digitized data allows for interpretation and examination of surficial material thicknesses and gold distribution in the project area and identifies potential prospects for further exploration.

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Minfile contains geological, location, and economic information on more than 2,500 metallic, industrial mineral and coal mines, deposits and occurrences in Yukon. This GIS data set is a daily extract of our MINFILE database, showing point location, name, deposit type, deposit status and commodities. It does not contain capsule, production, or resource/reserve data. For this, please visit our website https://data.geology.gov.yk.ca.

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