# 108_Stewart_R_Legend

DESCRIP1:
Made Land:  placer mines, roads, and airstrip

Description:
Made Land:  placer mines, roads, and airstrip


CATEGOR1:
ORGANIC DEPOSITS: peat and organic silt formed predominantly by the accumulation of vegetative material in bogs, fens, and swamps situated on valley bottoms; permafrost is commonly encountered within 1 m of the surface.  Thermokarst

DESCRIP1:
Organic Blanket: undivided; thickness > 1 m to 5 m

Category3:
ORGANIC DEPOSITS: peat and organic silt formed predominantly by the accumulation of vegetative material in bogs, fens, and swamps situated on valley bottoms; permafrost is commonly encountered within 1 m of the surface.  Thermokarst collapse is common.

Description:
Organic Blanket: undivided; thickness > 1 m to 5 m


CATEGOR1:
ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS: gravel to silt size sediments, well stratified, deposited by streams

DESCRIP1:
Floodplain Sediments: gravel, cobble to pebble; massive to well stratified, capped by sand and silt; flat lying; includes lacustrine and organic deposits in abandoned channels and backswamp areas; subject to periodic inundation and reworking by

Category3:
ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS: gravel to silt size sediments, well stratified, deposited by streams

Description:
Floodplain Sediments: gravel, cobble to pebble; massive to well stratified, capped by sand and silt; flat lying; includes lacustrine and organic deposits in abandoned channels and backswamp areas; subject to periodic inundation and reworking by floods; thickness 1 to 5 m


DESCRIP1:
Alluvial Fan Sediments: gravel, sand, silt, and diamicton, massive to well stratified; sediments form fan-shaped landforms or complexes of coalesced fan-shape landform at the confluence of tributary streams; may be subject to flooding accompanied

DESCRIP2:
by sudden stream migration and inundation; thickness up to 10 m

Description:
Alluvial Fan Sediments: gravel, sand, silt, and diamicton, massive to well stratified; sediments form fan-shaped landforms or complexes of coalesced fan-shape landform at the confluence of tributary streams; may be subject to flooding accompanied by sudden stream migration and inundation; thickness up to 10 m


DESCRIP1:
Alluvial Sediments Complex: sediments forming floodplains, fans, and terraces as above that cannot be subdivided at this map scale

Description:
Alluvial Sediments Complex: sediments forming floodplains, fans, and terraces as above that cannot be subdivided at this map scale


CATEGOR1:
COLLUVIAL DEPOSITS: stony diamicton resulting from the physical and chemical breakdown of bedrock and subsequent reworking and transportation by creep, solifluction, and landsliding; colluvial deposits may contain reworked

CATEGOR2:
glaciofluvial and morainal sediments within the limits of pre-Reid ice-cover and reworked eolian sediments; colluvial deposits are products of formation and reworking over a significant part of the Pleistocene and Holocene epochs

DESCRIP1:
Colluvial Blanket and Veneer Sediments: diamicton, stony with a sandy matrix; massive to poorly stratified; colluviated blankets generally conform to underlying bedrock and exceed 1 m in thickness; veneers are < 1 m in thickness and are commonly

Category3:
COLLUVIAL DEPOSITS: stony diamicton resulting from the physical and chemical breakdown of bedrock and subsequent reworking and transportation by creep, solifluction, and landsliding; colluvial deposits may contain reworked glaciofluvial and morainal sediments within the limits of pre-Reid ice-cover and reworked eolian sediments; colluvial deposits are products of formation and reworking over a significant part of the Pleistocene and Holocene epochs

Description:
Colluvial Blanket and Veneer Sediments: diamicton, stony with a sandy matrix; massive to poorly stratified; colluviated blankets generally conform to underlying bedrock and exceed 1 m in thickness; veneers are < 1 m in thickness and are commonly discontinuous over bedrock


DESCRIP1:
Colluvial Apron Sediments: bouldery diamicton and bouldery sandy gravel, poorly sorted; massive; sediments form a wedge-like slope-toe complex of small steep debris flow and solifluction deposits; thickness is <1 m at the upper and lower slope

DESCRIP2:
limit to up to 5 m or more in the thickest part of the apron

Description:
Colluvial Apron Sediments: bouldery diamicton and bouldery sandy gravel, poorly sorted; massive; sediments form a wedge-like slope-toe complex of small steep debris flow and solifluction deposits; thickness is <1 m at the upper and lower slope limit to up to 5 m or more in the thickest part of the apron


DESCRIP1:
Landslide Sediments:  silt loam to boulders, poorly sorted to unsorted; massive; clasts are subangular to angular and are locally derived; thickness varies greatly

Description:
Landslide Sediments:  silt loam to boulders, poorly sorted to unsorted; massive; clasts are subangular to angular and are locally derived; thickness varies greatly


DESCRIP1:
Colluvial Complex Sediments:  areas of intergrading colluvial and alluvial sediments which are too complex to subdivide at the scale of mapping; unit may include colluvial and alluvial fan, colluvial blanket, landslide sediments and colluviated

DESCRIP2:
drift within the limits of glaciation; the unit commonly occurs along the lower slopes of valley margins

Description:
Colluvial Complex Sediments:  areas of intergrading colluvial and alluvial sediments which are too complex to subdivide at the scale of mapping; unit may include colluvial and alluvial fan, colluvial blanket, landslide sediments and colluviated drift within the limits of glaciation; the unit commonly occurs along the lower slopes of valley margins


DESCRIP1:
Colluvial/Eolian Apron (muck): primary deposits of eolian fine sand and silt resedimented and interstratified with organic silt, and detritus, alluvial fan gravel and sand and variable amounts of stony colluvial diamicton; forms aprons along

DESCRIP2:
valley bottoms through resedimentation of eolian sediments from valley sides to valley floor, commonly preserved on north-facing slopes; thickness 1 to 20 m; commonly contains segregated bodies of ice and buried ice wedges

Description:
Colluvial/Eolian Apron (muck): primary deposits of eolian fine sand and silt resedimented and interstratified with organic silt, and detritus, alluvial fan gravel and sand and variable amounts of stony colluvial diamicton; forms aprons along valley bottoms through resedimentation of eolian sediments from valley sides to valley floor, commonly preserved on north-facing slopes; thickness 1 to 20 m; commonly contains segregated bodies of ice and buried ice wedges


CATEGOR1:
ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS: gravel and sand deposited by streams that were not fed by glacial meltwater; sediments may have experienced several cycles of alluviation and erosion, but are now inactive due to burial or fluvial incision; basal gravels

CATEGOR2:
within these sediments commonly contain placer gold

DESCRIP1:
Alluvial Terrace Sediments: gravel, cobble to pebble with a sandy matrix; massive to well stratified; capped by sand and silt; sediments are of flood plain origin now isolated from flooding by stream incision; thickness 1 m to 10 m

Category3:
ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS: gravel and sand deposited by streams that were not fed by glacial meltwater; sediments may have experienced several cycles of alluviation and erosion, but are now inactive due to burial or fluvial incision; basal gravels within these sediments commonly contain placer gold

Description:
Alluvial Terrace Sediments: gravel, cobble to pebble with a sandy matrix; massive to well stratified; capped by sand and silt; sediments are of flood plain origin now isolated from flooding by stream incision; thickness 1 m to 10 m


DESCRIP1:
Alluvial Fan Sediments: single fans or aprons of coalesced fans formed of gravel and sand, poorly to moderately sorted, now isolated from water and debris floods due to fluvial incision; sediments disturbed by cryoturbation; thickness up to 10 m

Description:
Alluvial Fan Sediments: single fans or aprons of coalesced fans formed of gravel and sand, poorly to moderately sorted, now isolated from water and debris floods due to fluvial incision; sediments disturbed by cryoturbation; thickness up to 10 m


DESCRIP1:
Alluvial/Colluvial Complex Sediments: silt, sand and gravel, poorly to moderately sorted; thin to thick bedded, interstratified with colluvial diamicton; sediments underlie the floors and margins of narrow upland valleys and grade laterally up

DESCRIP2:
slope into colluvial blankets; sediments may represent several depositional cycles; thickness may exceed 10 m in mid-valley locations

Description:
Alluvial/Colluvial Complex Sediments: silt, sand and gravel, poorly to moderately sorted; thin to thick bedded, interstratified with colluvial diamicton; sediments underlie the floors and margins of narrow upland valleys and grade laterally up slope into colluvial blankets; sediments may represent several depositional cycles; thickness may exceed 10 m in mid-valley locations


CATEGOR1:
EOLIAN DEPOSITS: well sorted medium sand to silt initially transported and deposited by wind action during glaciations and commonly resedimented through fluvial and colluvial processes; deposits of very fine sand and coarse

CATEGOR2:
silt < 1 m thick are distributed discontinuously throughout low lying areas

DESCRIP1:
Eolian Blanket: fine sand and silt, well sorted; massive; may form crescent-shape and linear dunes and featureless or gently undulating inter-dune eolian plains; thickness 1 to 5 m

Category3:
EOLIAN DEPOSITS: well sorted medium sand to silt initially transported and deposited by wind action during glaciations and commonly resedimented through fluvial and colluvial processes; deposits of very fine sand and coarse silt < 1 m thick are distributed discontinuously throughout low lying areas

Description:
Eolian Blanket: fine sand and silt, well sorted; massive; may form crescent-shape and linear dunes and featureless or gently undulating inter-dune eolian plains; thickness 1 to 5 m


CATEGOR1:
GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSITS: gravel and sand deposited by streams flowing away from glacial ice; deposits display poor soil development with rare cryoturbation

DESCRIP1:
Glaciofluvial Terrace Sediments: gravel and sand, unweathered, forming one or more terraces

Category3:
GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSITS: gravel and sand deposited by streams flowing away from glacial ice; deposits display poor soil development with rare cryoturbation

Description:
Glaciofluvial Terrace Sediments: gravel and sand, unweathered, forming one or more terraces


CATEGOR1:
GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSITS: gravel and sand deposited by streams flowing away from glacial ice; deposits display moderate soil development with signs of cryoturbation; soil thickness < 0.5 m

DESCRIP1:
Glaciofluvial Terrace Sediments: gravel and sand, moderately weathered, forming one or more terraces

Category3:
GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSITS: gravel and sand deposited by streams flowing away from glacial ice; deposits display moderate soil development with signs of cryoturbation; soil thickness < 0.5 m

Description:
Glaciofluvial Terrace Sediments: gravel and sand, moderately weathered, forming one or more terraces


AGE:
Late Pliocene to Middle Pleistocene - pre-Reid glaciation

CATEGOR1:
GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSITS: well stratified sand, silt, clay, deposited in lakes ponded by glacial ice

DESCRIP1:
Glaciolacustrine Undivided: sand, silt, and clay; undifferentiated at this scale of mapping

Category3:
GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSITS: well stratified sand, silt, clay, deposited in lakes ponded by glacial ice

Description:
Glaciolacustrine Undivided: sand, silt, and clay; undifferentiated at this scale of mapping


CATEGOR1:
GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSITS: gravel and sand deposited by streams flowing away from glacial ice in meltwater channels and outwash plains; massive to well stratified.  Surface soils may extend to 2 m depth with well developed clay skins

CATEGOR2:
on clasts, frequent signs of cryoturbation (ice wedge pseudomorph and sand wedges), and strong chemical weathering

DESCRIP1:
Glaciofluvial Terrace Sediments: gravel and sand, deeply weathered; incised into flights of terraces; thickness 1 to > 5 m

Category3:
GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSITS: gravel and sand deposited by streams flowing away from glacial ice in meltwater channels and outwash plains; massive to well stratified.  Surface soils may extend to 2 m depth with well developed clay skins on clasts, frequent signs of cryoturbation (ice wedge pseudomorph and sand wedges), and strong chemical weathering

Description:
Glaciofluvial Terrace Sediments: gravel and sand, deeply weathered; incised into flights of terraces; thickness 1 to > 5 m


CATEGOR1:
MORAINAL DEPOSITS (TILL): glacial diamicton, mainly till, generally consisting of a matrix ranging from sand to clay that supports clasts ranging from boulders to pebbles in size; deposited either directly from glacial ice or by gravity flow

CATEGOR2:
from glacial ice; surface soils may extend to 2 m depth with well developed clay skins on clasts, frequent signs of cryoturbation (ice wedge pseudomorph and sand wedges), and strong chemical weathering

DESCRIP1:
Till Blanket: diamicton, stony, silty-sand matrix; massive; conforms to underlying topography, thickness > 1 m; extensively colluviated on slopes

Category3:
MORAINAL DEPOSITS (TILL): glacial diamicton, mainly till, generally consisting of a matrix ranging from sand to clay that supports clasts ranging from boulders to pebbles in size; deposited either directly from glacial ice or by gravity flow from glacial ice; surface soils may extend to 2 m depth with well developed clay skins on clasts, frequent signs of cryoturbation (ice wedge pseudomorph and sand wedges), and strong chemical weathering

Description:
Till Blanket: diamicton, stony, silty-sand matrix; massive; conforms to underlying topography, thickness > 1 m; extensively colluviated on slopes


DESCRIP1:
Till Veneer: diamicton, stony, silty-sand matrix; massive; discontinuous and may contain extensive areas of thin (< 1 m) colluvium

Description:
Till Veneer: diamicton, stony, silty-sand matrix; massive; discontinuous and may contain extensive areas of thin (< 1 m) colluvium


CATEGOR1:
ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS: preglacial gravel and sand; highly dissected and deeply weathered

DESCRIP1:
Alluvial Terrace Sediments: sandy pebble and cobble gravel deposited by streams having a fluvial source but graded to the margins of pre-Reid glaciers or glacial drainage; thickness 1 to 5 m

Category3:
ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS: preglacial gravel and sand; highly dissected and deeply weathered

Description:
Alluvial Terrace Sediments: sandy pebble and cobble gravel deposited by streams having a fluvial source but graded to the margins of pre-Reid glaciers or glacial drainage; thickness 1 to 5 m


CATEGOR1:
UNDIFFERENTIATED DRIFT: diamicton, gravel, sand, silt, clay deposited from glacial ice, glacial streams, and glacially damned lakes; weathering, poor exposure, permafrost hinder differentiation; thickness commonly > 10 m and mask underlying bedrock

CATEGOR2:
topography; commonly colluviated and intergraded with colluvium; surface soils may extend to 2 m depth with well developed clay skins on clasts, frequent signs of cryoturbation (ice wedge pseudomorph and sand wedges), and strong chemical weathering

Category3:
UNDIFFERENTIATED DRIFT: diamicton, gravel, sand, silt, clay deposited from glacial ice, glacial streams, and glacially damned lakes; weathering, poor exposure, permafrost hinder differentiation; thickness commonly > 10 m and mask underlying bedrock topography; commonly colluviated and intergraded with colluvium; surface soils may extend to 2 m depth with well developed clay skins on clasts, frequent signs of cryoturbation (ice wedge pseudomorph and sand wedges), and strong chemical weathering


DESCRIP1:
Drift Modified by Landsliding: drift translated along failure plains into irregular steps and sub parallel scarps

Description:
Drift Modified by Landsliding: drift translated along failure plains into irregular steps and sub parallel scarps


DESCRIP1:
Fluvially Incised Drift: formerly extensive areas of drift incised by closely spaced stream valleys

Description:
Fluvially Incised Drift: formerly extensive areas of drift incised by closely spaced stream valleys


DESCRIP1:
Basalt: columnar alkaline olivine basalt and flow breccia; erosional remnants of formerly valley filling flows underlying terraces along lower Rosebud Creek; thickness 10 m

Description:
Basalt: columnar alkaline olivine basalt and flow breccia; erosional remnants of formerly valley filling flows underlying terraces along lower Rosebud Creek; thickness 10 m


DESCRIP1:
Pediment and Bajada Sediments: inclined fluvial surfaces which are found at a midslope position in unglaciated drainage systems; usually thinner than 5 m; formed as a result of limited agradation of stream gravel and significant colluviation;

DESCRIP2:
composed of thin, poorly sorted gravel that contains both locally derived subangular stream gravel deposits and angular bedrock fragments

Description:
Pediment and Bajada Sediments: inclined fluvial surfaces which are found at a midslope position in unglaciated drainage systems; usually thinner than 5 m; formed as a result of limited agradation of stream gravel and significant colluviation; composed of thin, poorly sorted gravel that contains both locally derived subangular stream gravel deposits and angular bedrock fragments


DESCRIP1:
High Level Terrace Sediments (includes White Channel Gravel and equivalent sediments): weathered pebble to cobble gravel > 1 m thick; surface soils may extend to 2 m depth with well developed clay skins on clasts, frequent signs of cryoturbation

DESCRIP2:
(ice wedge pseudomorph and sand wedges), and strong chemical weathering; terraces above the 500 m contour may be remnant features from the southward-flowing paleo-Yukon drainage system

Description:
High Level Terrace Sediments (includes White Channel Gravel and equivalent sediments): weathered pebble to cobble gravel > 1 m thick; surface soils may extend to 2 m depth with well developed clay skins on clasts, frequent signs of cryoturbation (ice wedge pseudomorph and sand wedges), and strong chemical weathering; terraces above the 500 m contour may be remnant features from the southward-flowing paleo-Yukon drainage system


DESCRIP1:
Bedrock: schist, gneiss, ultramafics, granodiorite, monzonite, marble, and basalt; includes areas of thin colluvial cover, blockfields, and sorted stone polygons in alpine areas

Description:
Bedrock: schist, gneiss, ultramafics, granodiorite, monzonite, marble, and basalt; includes areas of thin colluvial cover, blockfields, and sorted stone polygons in alpine areas


DESCRIP1:
Colluvial Pediments: low angle slopes grading into terrace surfaces.

Description:
Colluvial Pediments: low angle slopes grading into terrace surfaces.


# stratigraphic_sections

Material:
Massive to stratified silt and fine sand; eolian sediments

Descriptn1:
Interstratified sand and peaty silt with varying organic content; beds 5cm to massive; 1m thick woody debris; locally contains 1-2m lenses of pebbly gravel; some angular clasts up to 15cm in size; average clast size 6-7cm; blebs of felsic tephra within th

DESCRIPTN:
Interstratified sand and peaty silt with varying organic content; beds 5cm to massive; 1m thick woody debris; locally contains 1-2m lenses of pebbly gravel; some angular clasts up to 15cm in size; average clast size 6-7cm; blebs of felsic tephra within the lowest metre of unit


Material:
Stratified sand and gravel; glaciofluvial sediments deposited during older pre-Reid glaciations

Descriptn1:
Massive, poorly sorted pebbly cobble gravel; locally disorganized; muddy near base of exposure; clasts up to 30cm in size; average clast size 10cm; clasts commonly ventifacted and involuted; locally interbedded sand lenses 0-40cm and scattered interbedded

Descriptn2:
peat lenses and woody debris; lenses horizontally bedded; clasts angular to sub-angular; gravels muddy near base

DESCRIPTN:
Massive, poorly sorted pebbly cobble gravel; locally disorganized; muddy near base of exposure; clasts up to 30cm in size; average clast size 10cm; clasts commonly ventifacted and involuted; locally interbedded sand lenses 0-40cm and scattered interbedded peat lenses and woody debris; lenses horizontally bedded; clasts angular to sub-angular; gravels muddy near base


Material:
Stratified sand and gravel; glaciofluvial sediments deposited during older pre-Reid glaciations. Paleosol developed inlate Pliocene to early Pleistocene glaciofluvial and non-glacial sediments

Sect_notes:
Pit in morainal feature; surface studded with angular to subangular granitoid and gneissic boulders.

Descriptn1:
Dark brown soil (7.5 YR 3/4); clasts commonly ventifacted and covered by manganese staining on two sides; clay skins (argillans) common on clasts; contorted grey silt lens approximately 5cm below the surface

DESCRIPTN:
Dark brown soil (7.5 YR 3/4); clasts commonly ventifacted and covered by manganese staining on two sides; clay skins (argillans) common on clasts; contorted grey silt lens approximately 5cm below the surface


Material:
Massive to stratified diamicton; colluvial sediments (may locally date to Middle Pleistocene)

Descriptn1:
Colluviated pebble gravel diamicton; silty-clay matrix supported with some crude stratification; derived from solifluction of underlying pebble gravel and soil material

DESCRIPTN:
Colluviated pebble gravel diamicton; silty-clay matrix supported with some crude stratification; derived from solifluction of underlying pebble gravel and soil material


Descriptn1:
Sandy cobble pebble gravel; crudely stratified to massive; clasts include dark grey chert pebble conglomerate and granitoid lithologies with paleo-flow directions from the south and southwest; gravel derived from the retreat of the late Pliocene Cordiller

Descriptn2:
an Ice Sheet that filled the Tintina Trench

DESCRIPTN:
Sandy cobble pebble gravel; crudely stratified to massive; clasts include dark grey chert pebble conglomerate and granitoid lithologies with paleo-flow directions from the south and southwest; gravel derived from the retreat of the late Pliocene Cordilleran Ice Sheet that filled the Tintina Trench


Material:
Stratified sand and gravel; glaciofluvial sediments deposited during older pre-Reid glaciations.

Descriptn1:
Ice wedge cast, cross-cutting pre-Reid Wounded Moose paleosol, developed to 1.5 m depth

DESCRIPTN:
Ice wedge cast, cross-cutting pre-Reid Wounded Moose paleosol, developed to 1.5 m depth


Descriptn1:
Sandy cobble pebble gravel. Crudely stratified to massive. Clasts included dark grey chert pebble conglomerate and granitoid lithologies. Gravel derived from the Cordilleran Ice Sheet that filled the Tinitina Trench in the late Pliocene.

DESCRIPTN:
Sandy cobble pebble gravel. Crudely stratified to massive. Clasts included dark grey chert pebble conglomerate and granitoid lithologies. Gravel derived from the Cordilleran Ice Sheet that filled the Tinitina Trench in the late Pliocene.


Material:
Stratified to massive diamicton; till deposited during one of several older pre-Reid glaciations

Descriptn1:
Massive cobble-boulder diamicton; some discontinuous crudely stratified sandy-silt lenses; well-developed pebble fabric in unit indicated it was deposited as a basal till during the advance of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet from the southwest (Bond 1997)

DESCRIPTN:
Massive cobble-boulder diamicton; some discontinuous crudely stratified sandy-silt lenses; well-developed pebble fabric in unit indicated it was deposited as a basal till during the advance of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet from the southwest (Bond 1997)


Material:
Stratified sand and gravel; glaciofluvial sediments deposited during older pre-Reid glaciations. Paleosol developed in Reid and younger pre-Reid glaciofluvial sediments

Descriptn1:
Massive sandy silt with Diversion Creek (?) paleosol on surface.

DESCRIPTN:
Massive sandy silt with Diversion Creek (?) paleosol on surface.


Descriptn1:
Sandy cobble pebble gravel; crudely stratified to massive; clasts include dark grey chert pebble conglomerate and granitoid lithologies; gravel derived from the Cordilleran Ice Sheet that filled the Tintina Trench in the late Pliocene.

DESCRIPTN:
Sandy cobble pebble gravel; crudely stratified to massive; clasts include dark grey chert pebble conglomerate and granitoid lithologies; gravel derived from the Cordilleran Ice Sheet that filled the Tintina Trench in the late Pliocene.


Material:
Massive stratified silt and fine sand; eolian sediments

Descriptn1:
Massive sandy silt. Old Crow Tephra at 1.51m depth (ca. 140 ka)

DESCRIPTN:
Massive sandy silt. Old Crow Tephra at 1.51m depth (ca. 140 ka)


Descriptn1:
Stratified pebble-cobble gravel, terrace incised 2m into Section 2; clasts include micaceous schist, quartzite, and granitoid lithologies derived from Allgold Creek.

DESCRIPTN:
Stratified pebble-cobble gravel, terrace incised 2m into Section 2; clasts include micaceous schist, quartzite, and granitoid lithologies derived from Allgold Creek.


Material:
Modern soil; Massive to stratified silt and fine sand; eolian sediments

Descriptn1:
Massive silty fine sand; dark yellowish brown (10 YR); strong granular structure; gradational lower boundary

DESCRIPTN:
Massive silty fine sand; dark yellowish brown (10 YR); strong granular structure; gradational lower boundary


Descriptn1:
Sandy-pebble matrix supported diamict; clasts up to 45cm with micaceous schist, quartzite, and granitoid lithologies derived from Allgold Creek debris flows

DESCRIPTN:
Sandy-pebble matrix supported diamict; clasts up to 45cm with micaceous schist, quartzite, and granitoid lithologies derived from Allgold Creek debris flows


Sect_notes:
NOTE: section location not shown on map (coordinates unknown)

Descriptn1:
Pebble-cobble diamict, crudely stratified; deposit derived from solifluction of Flat Creek beds during the Pleistocene. Flat creek tephra at ~4.75 m depth.

DESCRIPTN:
Pebble-cobble diamict, crudely stratified; deposit derived from solifluction of Flat Creek beds during the Pleistocene. Flat creek tephra at ~4.75 m depth.


Material:
Statified sand and gravel; glaciofluvial sediments deposited during older pre-Reid glaciations

Descriptn1:
Well-stratified cobble-gravel with paleoflow indicators from southeast; deposit has normal magnetic polarity and is equivalent to the Klondike gravel to the west (Froese et al. 2000)

DESCRIPTN:
Well-stratified cobble-gravel with paleoflow indicators from southeast; deposit has normal magnetic polarity and is equivalent to the Klondike gravel to the west (Froese et al. 2000)


Material:
Silt (organic rich), peat, and organic detritus, and extensive interstratified and segregated ice; collectively called muck

Descriptn1:
Massive to crydely stratified sandy-silt with organic detritus (muck); deposit contains massive ground ice and large ice wedges near its surface

DESCRIPTN:
Massive to crydely stratified sandy-silt with organic detritus (muck); deposit contains massive ground ice and large ice wedges near its surface


Material:
Stratified sand and gravel; alluvial sediments

Descriptn1:
Crudely-stratified to massive cobble gravel

DESCRIPTN:
Crudely-stratified to massive cobble gravel


Material:
Stratified to massive gravel and sand; White Channel Gravel and equivalent clastic units predating regional glaciation, includes late Tertiary pediment sediments

Descriptn1:
Well-stratified cobble-gravel; equivalent to the ca. 3 Ma White Channel gravel (Froese et al. 2001); Massive sandy-silt with tephra near base. Cariboo Creek Tephra at 3.5m depth

DESCRIPTN:
Well-stratified cobble-gravel; equivalent to the ca. 3 Ma White Channel gravel (Froese et al. 2001); Massive sandy-silt with tephra near base. Cariboo Creek Tephra at 3.5m depth


Descriptn1:
Massive-crudely stratified sandy silt with organic detritus. Dawson tephra (ca.24ka) (Froeses et al., 2002), at 1.5m depth

DESCRIPTN:
Massive-crudely stratified sandy silt with organic detritus. Dawson tephra (ca.24ka) (Froeses et al., 2002), at 1.5m depth


Descriptn1:
Poorly-stratified cobble gravel with massive silt and organic interbeds; unit is ice-rich and placer gold along at the bedrock contact

DESCRIPTN:
Poorly-stratified cobble gravel with massive silt and organic interbeds; unit is ice-rich and placer gold along at the bedrock contact


Material:
Silt (organic rich), peat, and organic detritus, and extensive interstratified and segragated ice; collectively called muck

Descriptn1:
Organic rich silt with Interstitial pore ice; Dawson tephra at 1.2 m, 25 cm thick; dated at ca. 24 ka (Froese et al., 2002)

DESCRIPTN:
Organic rich silt with Interstitial pore ice; Dawson tephra at 1.2 m, 25 cm thick; dated at ca. 24 ka (Froese et al., 2002)


Descriptn1:
Dominion Creek gravel; massive-to-crudely stratified cobble gravel

DESCRIPTN:
Dominion Creek gravel; massive-to-crudely stratified cobble gravel


Descriptn1:
Massive silty fine sand and rare fine sand laminations; lower boundary not seen

DESCRIPTN:
Massive silty fine sand and rare fine sand laminations; lower boundary not seen


Descriptn1:
Massive silty fine sand; dark yellowish brown (10 YR)

DESCRIPTN:
Massive silty fine sand; dark yellowish brown (10 YR)


Descriptn1:
Massive sandy-silt with normal magnetic polarity

DESCRIPTN:
Massive sandy-silt with normal magnetic polarity


Descriptn1:
Well-stratified cobble-gravel; Dominion Creek gravel equivalent (Froese et al. 2001)

DESCRIPTN:
Well-stratified cobble-gravel; Dominion Creek gravel equivalent (Froese et al. 2001)


Descriptn1:
Ice-rich organic silt with large ice wedges up to 4m across; interbedded with lenses of cobble-diamict deriveed from local hillslope. Sheep Creek tephra, up to 10cm thick; 190 +/- 20ka (Berger et al., 1996) at 12m depth

DESCRIPTN:
Ice-rich organic silt with large ice wedges up to 4m across; interbedded with lenses of cobble-diamict deriveed from local hillslope. Sheep Creek tephra, up to 10cm thick; 190 +/- 20ka (Berger et al., 1996) at 12m depth


Material:
Stratified sand and gravel; glaciofluvial sediments deposited during younger pre-Reid glaciations (includes non glacial gravel in Last Chance Creek basin (section 1))

Descriptn1:
Well-sorted cobble gravel 2m above main creek bedrock surface (middle Pleistocene)

DESCRIPTN:
Well-sorted cobble gravel 2m above main creek bedrock surface (middle Pleistocene)


Material:
Stratified to massive sand and gravel; non-glaciofluvial sediments, may be graded to pre-Reid outwash

Descriptn1:
Stratified gravel and sand; description adapted from Naeser et al., (1982). Mosquito Gulch tephra 1.45 +/- 0,14 Ma (Westgate et al., 2001) at 9m depth.

DESCRIPTN:
Stratified gravel and sand; description adapted from Naeser et al., (1982). Mosquito Gulch tephra 1.45 +/- 0,14 Ma (Westgate et al., 2001) at 9m depth.


Material:
Paleosol developed in Reid and younger pre-Reid glaciofluvial sediments; Stratified sand and gravel; glaciofluvial sediments deposited during younger pre-Reid glaciations

Descriptn1:
Boulder-pebble-cobble-gravel; dark brown (7.5 YR), clay skins extend to 1.7 m depth; micaceous lithologies are weathered and disaggregated; clast predominantly rounded; gradational lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Boulder-pebble-cobble-gravel; dark brown (7.5 YR), clay skins extend to 1.7 m depth; micaceous lithologies are weathered and disaggregated; clast predominantly rounded; gradational lower contact


Material:
Stratified to massive gravel and sand; White Channel Gravel and equivalent clastic units predating regional glaciation, includes late Tertiary pediment  sediments

Descriptn1:
Lower White Channel gravel; well-stratified cobble gravel with massive and planar-tabular cross-bedding; normally magnetized, likely representing a pre-Gauss Normal polarity (> 3 Ma) (Froese et al., 2000)

DESCRIPTN:
Lower White Channel gravel; well-stratified cobble gravel with massive and planar-tabular cross-bedding; normally magnetized, likely representing a pre-Gauss Normal polarity (> 3 Ma) (Froese et al., 2000)


Descriptn1:
Ice-rich, organic silt interbedded with angular cobble diamict derived from adjacent hillslope

DESCRIPTN:
Ice-rich, organic silt interbedded with angular cobble diamict derived from adjacent hillslope


Material:
Stratified silt and sand; resedimented eolian sediments locally interstratified with alluvial fan sediments

Descriptn1:
Sub-angular, poorly sorted cobble gravel with diamict interbeds; late Pleistocene fossils including horse, bison, and mammoth are common

DESCRIPTN:
Sub-angular, poorly sorted cobble gravel with diamict interbeds; late Pleistocene fossils including horse, bison, and mammoth are common


Descriptn1:
Organic rich silt interbedded with angular cobble diamict; abundant wood within unit; one sample from near the base as > 41ka B.P (GSC 6773)

DESCRIPTN:
Organic rich silt interbedded with angular cobble diamict; abundant wood within unit; one sample from near the base as > 41ka B.P (GSC 6773)


Descriptn1:
Stratified, sub-angular, matrix-filled cobble gravel; strongly oxidized, occurs on terrace surface 35m above modern valley bottom; unit is likely Pliocene in age; upper surface obscured by overlying muck sequence

DESCRIPTN:
Stratified, sub-angular, matrix-filled cobble gravel; strongly oxidized, occurs on terrace surface 35m above modern valley bottom; unit is likely Pliocene in age; upper surface obscured by overlying muck sequence


Material:
Stratified sand and gravel; glaciofluvial sediments deposited during younger pre-Reid glaciations

Descriptn1:
Poorly exposed boulder-pebble-cobble-gravel with few thick cross stratified coarse to medium sand lenses; rare boulders are larger than 1.5 m in intermediate diameter; base of exposure at Yukon River level

DESCRIPTN:
Poorly exposed boulder-pebble-cobble-gravel with few thick cross stratified coarse to medium sand lenses; rare boulders are larger than 1.5 m in intermediate diameter; base of exposure at Yukon River level


Descriptn1:
Ice-rich organic silt with large wedges up to 4m across. Dawson tephra, up to 30cm thick; 24ks BP (Froese et al., 2002) at a depth of 12m.

DESCRIPTN:
Ice-rich organic silt with large wedges up to 4m across. Dawson tephra, up to 30cm thick; 24ks BP (Froese et al., 2002) at a depth of 12m.


Descriptn1:
Crudely stratified to massive cobble gravel

DESCRIPTN:
Crudely stratified to massive cobble gravel


Descriptn1:
Organic rich sandy-diamict with fluvial sand interbeds and abundant detrital wood. Ice-rich organic silt with rare wood. 14C Age on Salix of 6720 +/- 90yr B.P (GSC 6699)

DESCRIPTN:
Organic rich sandy-diamict with fluvial sand interbeds and abundant detrital wood. Ice-rich organic silt with rare wood. 14C Age on Salix of 6720 +/- 90yr B.P (GSC 6699)


Descriptn1:
Organic rich silt with interstitial ice wedges; abundant Pleistocene mammals collected at gravel-muck contact. Dawson tephra, up to 30cm thick; 24ka BP (Froese et al., 2002) at 7.4m depth.

DESCRIPTN:
Organic rich silt with interstitial ice wedges; abundant Pleistocene mammals collected at gravel-muck contact. Dawson tephra, up to 30cm thick; 24ka BP (Froese et al., 2002) at 7.4m depth.


Descriptn1:
Massive to crudely stratified gravel with diamicton lenses

DESCRIPTN:
Massive to crudely stratified gravel with diamicton lenses


Descriptn1:
Crudely stratified sandy diamict; normally magnetized, colluviated facies of Upper White Channel gravel (froese et al., 2000). Quartz Creek tephra, up to 5cm thick, draped in fill of ice-wedge cast; 2.97 +/- 0.24 Ma (Westgate et al., 2003), at a depth of

DESCRIPTN:
Crudely stratified sandy diamict; normally magnetized, colluviated facies of Upper White Channel gravel (froese et al., 2000). Quartz Creek tephra, up to 5cm thick, draped in fill of ice-wedge cast; 2.97 +/- 0.24 Ma (Westgate et al., 2003), at a depth of 1.5m.


Descriptn1:
Stratified cobble gravel (Upper White Channel gravel)

DESCRIPTN:
Stratified cobble gravel (Upper White Channel gravel)


Descriptn1:
White Channel gravel; well-sorted, well-stratified cobble gravel with massive and planar-tabular cross-bedding; moderate oxidation of gravel unit decreasing toward base; early to middle Pliocene age

DESCRIPTN:
White Channel gravel; well-sorted, well-stratified cobble gravel with massive and planar-tabular cross-bedding; moderate oxidation of gravel unit decreasing toward base; early to middle Pliocene age


Sect_notes:
Two metre wide excavation in near vertical cliff top; contact between basal sand and gravel 84m above Yukon River.

Descriptn1:
Grey to light grey sandy silt. Regosol developed within the upper 30cm; abrupt contact with underlying gravel

DESCRIPTN:
Grey to light grey sandy silt. Regosol developed within the upper 30cm; abrupt contact with underlying gravel


Material:
Paleosol developed in Reid and younger pre-Reid glaciofluvial sediments; Massive to stratified silt and fine sand; eolian sediments

Descriptn1:
Silty sand; oxidized; poorly sorted; disturbed by roots

DESCRIPTN:
Silty sand; oxidized; poorly sorted; disturbed by roots


Material:
Stratified to massive sand and gravel; non-glaciofluvial sediments, may be graded to pre-Ried outwash

Descriptn1:
Weathered massive to crudely bedded pebble gravel; clasts well rounded; up to 8cm in size; predominantly quartzite, metaquartzite, quartz, chert and weathered volcanic lithologies: pebbles commonly have vertically oriented long axes; contains blebs of car

Descriptn2:
bonate-rich precipitate; two angular boulders of schist are enclosed within the pebble gravel within the 2m wide excavation; boulders up to 60cm in long dimension vertically oriented. Sandy pebble gravel lens at 1.4m depth. Pebble gravel with scattered sc

Descriptn3:
hist boulders as above but weathering is more intense; schist and mafic volcanic clasts almost totally disaggregated; clasts have well developed clay skins on upper surfaces and callche coatings along their lower surfaces; colour 10YR 5/8 (yellowish brown

Descriptn4:
); pebble fabrics determined near top, middle and base of gravel: all indicate flow from the south or southeast consistent with the present flow direction of Yukon River; gradational contact with underlying sand. Pebbly sand; surface descends to the south

DESCRIPTN:
Weathered massive to crudely bedded pebble gravel; clasts well rounded; up to 8cm in size; predominantly quartzite, metaquartzite, quartz, chert and weathered volcanic lithologies: pebbles commonly have vertically oriented long axes; contains blebs of carbonate-rich precipitate; two angular boulders of schist are enclosed within the pebble gravel within the 2m wide excavation; boulders up to 60cm in long dimension vertically oriented. Sandy pebble gravel lens at 1.4m depth. Pebble gravel with scattered schist boulders as above but weathering is more intense; schist and mafic volcanic clasts almost totally disaggregated; clasts have well developed clay skins on upper surfaces and callche coatings along their lower surfaces; colour 10YR 5/8 (yellowish brown); pebble fabrics determined near top, middle and base of gravel: all indicate flow from the south or southeast consistent with the present flow direction of Yukon River; gradational contact with underlying sand. Pebbly sand; surface descends to the south; appears unweathered


Descriptn1:
Deeply weathered basalt (Carmacks Group)

DESCRIPTN:
Deeply weathered basalt (Carmacks Group)


Sect_notes:
Bench gravels mined to underlying bedrock strath; upper (north) end of pit

Descriptn1:
Thinly bedded (up to 5cm) to laminated stony silt and stony sand; thin discontinuous layer of unidentified tephra 1.2m below surface; stones up to 3cm; angular, locally derived from adjacent slope

DESCRIPTN:
Thinly bedded (up to 5cm) to laminated stony silt and stony sand; thin discontinuous layer of unidentified tephra 1.2m below surface; stones up to 3cm; angular, locally derived from adjacent slope


Descriptn1:
Massive, poorly sorted, matrix-supported sandy pebble gravel; clasts rounded to sub-angular; angular clasts present appear to be frost shattered; maximum

DESCRIPTN:
Massive, poorly sorted, matrix-supported sandy pebble gravel; clasts rounded to sub-angular; angular clasts present appear to be frost shattered; maximum


Descriptn1:
Interlaminated and interbedded fine to medium sand; rare thin beds of clayey silt; many beds of fine sand and medium sand are massive; sharp lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Interlaminated and interbedded fine to medium sand; rare thin beds of clayey silt; many beds of fine sand and medium sand are massive; sharp lower contact


Descriptn1:
Sandy, cobble-pebble gravel (clast supported); sharp planar lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Sandy, cobble-pebble gravel (clast supported); sharp planar lower contact


Material:
Massive to stratified silt and fine sand; primary and resedimented eolian sediments

Sect_notes:
Vertical exposure on east side of roughly N-S trench in a placer mine

Descriptn1:
Laminated to thinly bedded pebbly silt and pebbly sand; scattered lenses of very fine pebble gravel; clasts angular, locally derived.

DESCRIPTN:
Laminated to thinly bedded pebbly silt and pebbly sand; scattered lenses of very fine pebble gravel; clasts angular, locally derived.


Descriptn1:
Blebs and thin beds of Gold Run tephra interbedded bedded with silt and very fine sand; Gold Run tephra dates at 740 +/- 60ka (John Westgate, University of Toronto, 2004 personal communication

DESCRIPTN:
Blebs and thin beds of Gold Run tephra interbedded bedded with silt and very fine sand; Gold Run tephra dates at 740 +/- 60ka (John Westgate, University of Toronto, 2004 personal communication


Descriptn1:
Crudely laminated to laminated and cross-laminated sandy silt with scattered pebbles and granules; dark greyish brown (10YR 3/2)

DESCRIPTN:
Crudely laminated to laminated and cross-laminated sandy silt with scattered pebbles and granules; dark greyish brown (10YR 3/2)


Descriptn1:
Crudely laminated silt, silty sand and pebbly sandy silt; very dark greyish brown (10YR 3/2); locally organic rich; pebbles are angular; contains at least two very thin unidentified tephra laminae; abrupt basal contact

DESCRIPTN:
Crudely laminated silt, silty sand and pebbly sandy silt; very dark greyish brown (10YR 3/2); locally organic rich; pebbles are angular; contains at least two very thin unidentified tephra laminae; abrupt basal contact


Descriptn1:
Oxidized, crudely stratified sandy pebble gravel; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/5); pebbles rounded to subangular; clasts up to 15cm; average clast size 5cm; appears to be imbricated; locally derived schist make up angular clasts

DESCRIPTN:
Oxidized, crudely stratified sandy pebble gravel; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/5); pebbles rounded to subangular; clasts up to 15cm; average clast size 5cm; appears to be imbricated; locally derived schist make up angular clasts


Sect_notes:
Cliff-top trench (5m wide) approximately 76m above Yukon River; cliff appears to intersect former channels cut in strath


Descriptn1:
Ranges from pebbly coarse sand to sandy cobble pebble gravel over exposure; clasts up to 15cm (rare); most clasts 10cm; rounded to subrounded; contains angular blocks of schist ripped uo from underlying bedrock; lower contact irregular; pebbly fabric indi

DESCRIPTN:
Ranges from pebbly coarse sand to sandy cobble pebble gravel over exposure; clasts up to 15cm (rare); most clasts 10cm; rounded to subrounded; contains angular blocks of schist ripped uo from underlying bedrock; lower contact irregular; pebbly fabric indicates paleoflow from north


Sect_notes:
Composite section from a series of hand auger borings, trenches and road cuts along 166m of an east-west trending segment of an exploration road that descends through a thick succession of unconsolidated sediments along the east side of an unnamed valley


Descriptn1:
Sandy pebble gravel; clast less <5cm in diameter; clasts over the upper 50cm of gravel have clay skins (argillans) and interval is rubified and weathered with many clasts disaggregated; black chert-pebble conglomerate present in gravel; exposure is a 3m d

DESCRIPTN:
Sandy pebble gravel; clast less <5cm in diameter; clasts over the upper 50cm of gravel have clay skins (argillans) and interval is rubified and weathered with many clasts disaggregated; black chert-pebble conglomerate present in gravel; exposure is a 3m deep trench


Material:
Fine sand, silt and clay; lacustrine or slack water fluvial sediments

Descriptn1:
Silty very fine sand, contains scattered pebbles including black chert

DESCRIPTN:
Silty very fine sand, contains scattered pebbles including black chert


Descriptn1:
Stoneless fine micaceous sand (hand auger boring)

DESCRIPTN:
Stoneless fine micaceous sand (hand auger boring)


Descriptn1:
Organic rich silt and blue sandy fine silt (hand auger boring)

DESCRIPTN:
Organic rich silt and blue sandy fine silt (hand auger boring)


Descriptn1:
Silty fine sand and sandy silt (hand auger boring)

DESCRIPTN:
Silty fine sand and sandy silt (hand auger boring)


Descriptn1:
Angular sandy pebble gravel; quartz rich; no chert present; underlies highest part of terrace; appears to be a fan that built out over outwash terrace from the south

DESCRIPTN:
Angular sandy pebble gravel; quartz rich; no chert present; underlies highest part of terrace; appears to be a fan that built out over outwash terrace from the south


Descriptn1:
Silt; dissected by plant roots; gradational lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Silt; dissected by plant roots; gradational lower contact


Descriptn1:
Sand; strong brown (7.5 YR 5/6); scattered pebbles; gradational lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Sand; strong brown (7.5 YR 5/6); scattered pebbles; gradational lower contact


Descriptn1:
Interlaminated and interbedded silt to medium sand, contains a 20 cm massive bed of fine sand; interlaminated silt and fine sand display planar and trough cross stratification; conformable lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Interlaminated and interbedded silt to medium sand, contains a 20 cm massive bed of fine sand; interlaminated silt and fine sand display planar and trough cross stratification; conformable lower contact


Descriptn1:
Granule sandy pebble gravel; gradational lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Granule sandy pebble gravel; gradational lower contact


Sect_notes:
Composite section from a series of hand auger borings, trenches and road cuts along about 200m of a generally east-west trending segment of an exploration road that cuts through a thick succession of unconsolidated sediments

Descriptn1:
Pebbly sand/sandy pebble gravel; oxidized (hand auger boring)

DESCRIPTN:
Pebbly sand/sandy pebble gravel; oxidized (hand auger boring)


Descriptn1:
Predominantly silty-very fine sand and slightly pebbly silt or very fine sand; auger boring

DESCRIPTN:
Predominantly silty-very fine sand and slightly pebbly silt or very fine sand; auger boring


Descriptn1:
Medium sand; planar bedded; slightly cross-laminated; laminations appear to alternate between oxidized and reduced

DESCRIPTN:
Medium sand; planar bedded; slightly cross-laminated; laminations appear to alternate between oxidized and reduced


Sect_notes:
Upper part of section wall of 2m deep exploration trench wall cut into surface of outwash terrace; lower part is a borrow pit cut into underlying sediments, unconsolidated sedimnetary fill 39m to the north

Descriptn1:
Loe wedge pseudomorph filled with mottled, partly organic, pebbly silt; colour ranges from 10YR 5/1 to 7.5 YR 4/4; clasts up to 3cm; clasts are angular schist; partly stratified fill extensively slumped; strata locally rolled-over on themselves

DESCRIPTN:
Loe wedge pseudomorph filled with mottled, partly organic, pebbly silt; colour ranges from 10YR 5/1 to 7.5 YR 4/4; clasts up to 3cm; clasts are angular schist; partly stratified fill extensively slumped; strata locally rolled-over on themselves


Material:
Massive to stratified dismicton; colluvial sediments (may locally date to Middle Pleistocene)


Descriptn1:
Alternating beds or lenses of sandy pebble gravel and pebbly coarse sand; colour alternates reddish and gray; clasts are predominantly mica schist, metaquartzite, quartz and minor mafic volcanic lithologies from uplands to the south; no chert pebbles pres

DESCRIPTN:
Alternating beds or lenses of sandy pebble gravel and pebbly coarse sand; colour alternates reddish and gray; clasts are predominantly mica schist, metaquartzite, quartz and minor mafic volcanic lithologies from uplands to the south; no chert pebbles present; clasts up to 6cm


Descriptn1:
Fine sandy silt; alternating red and gray laminae; plant fragments

DESCRIPTN:
Fine sandy silt; alternating red and gray laminae; plant fragments


Descriptn1:
Pebbly sand and sandy pebble gravel; lithologies and clast sizes as above

DESCRIPTN:
Pebbly sand and sandy pebble gravel; lithologies and clast sizes as above


Descriptn1:
Covered by colluvium; present Indian River flood plain approximately 45m below exposure

DESCRIPTN:
Covered by colluvium; present Indian River flood plain approximately 45m below exposure


Sect_notes:
Road cut into sediments underlying terrace along north-south trending exploration road

Descriptn1:
Colluvium sub parallel to slope; abrupt basal contact

DESCRIPTN:
Colluvium sub parallel to slope; abrupt basal contact


Descriptn1:
Silty pebble gravel; clasts up to 3cm; abrupt basal contact

DESCRIPTN:
Silty pebble gravel; clasts up to 3cm; abrupt basal contact


Descriptn1:
Granule sandy pebble gravel; clasts up to 3cm; red (5YR 5/6) and orange banding; lenses of granule sand; abrupt basal contact

DESCRIPTN:
Granule sandy pebble gravel; clasts up to 3cm; red (5YR 5/6) and orange banding; lenses of granule sand; abrupt basal contact


Descriptn1:
Pebble gravel (10R 5/6); abrupt basal contact

DESCRIPTN:
Pebble gravel (10R 5/6); abrupt basal contact


Descriptn1:
Pebble gravel; openwork; sub-angular clasts up to 2cm

DESCRIPTN:
Pebble gravel; openwork; sub-angular clasts up to 2cm


Sect_notes:
Exposure in north-south trending exploration trench

Descriptn1:
Pebbly silt; clasts up to 4cm; abrupt lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Pebbly silt; clasts up to 4cm; abrupt lower contact


Descriptn1:
Pebbly sand; abundant pebbles of black chert; gradational lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Pebbly sand; abundant pebbles of black chert; gradational lower contact


Descriptn1:
Pebbly gravel; abundant chert and chert-pebble conglomerate clasts up to 4cm; gradational lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Pebbly gravel; abundant chert and chert-pebble conglomerate clasts up to 4cm; gradational lower contact


Descriptn1:
Openwork pebble gravel; abundant chert and chert-pebble conglomerate; mean clast size 1cm

DESCRIPTN:
Openwork pebble gravel; abundant chert and chert-pebble conglomerate; mean clast size 1cm


Descriptn1:
Granule sandy pebble gravel; contains abundant chert and chert-pebble conglomerate clasts; clasts range up to 6cm

DESCRIPTN:
Granule sandy pebble gravel; contains abundant chert and chert-pebble conglomerate clasts; clasts range up to 6cm


Sect_notes:
Section is a composite of descriptions of small hand-dug pits with the exception of the upper 2m which is a roadcut

Descriptn1:
Horizontally laminated silt. Pebbly silt; abrupt and irregular upper and lower contacts. Horizontally laminated silt; abrupt lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Horizontally laminated silt. Pebbly silt; abrupt and irregular upper and lower contacts. Horizontally laminated silt; abrupt lower contact


Descriptn1:
Sandy, cobble-pebble gravel, subrounded to rounded clasts; includes chert and greenstone clasts; base not seen

DESCRIPTN:
Sandy, cobble-pebble gravel, subrounded to rounded clasts; includes chert and greenstone clasts; base not seen


Descriptn1:
Horizontally bedded sandy pebble gravel and pebbly sand; contains chert and chert-pebble conglomerate clasts; maximum clast dimension 3cm. Sandy pebble gravel; contains up to 20 percent or more black chert and chert-pebble conglomerate; gradational contac

Descriptn2:
t with the underlying chert-free gravel; clasts well rounded and less than 4cm in maximum dimension; maximum clast size decreases upward from about 6cm to about 3cm where first black chert pebbles appear

DESCRIPTN:
Horizontally bedded sandy pebble gravel and pebbly sand; contains chert and chert-pebble conglomerate clasts; maximum clast dimension 3cm. Sandy pebble gravel; contains up to 20 percent or more black chert and chert-pebble conglomerate; gradational contact with the underlying chert-free gravel; clasts well rounded and less than 4cm in maximum dimension; maximum clast size decreases upward from about 6cm to about 3cm where first black chert pebbles appear


Descriptn1:
Sandy pebble gravel; clasts predominantly quartz with a lesser content of mafic and felsic schist clasts; scattered lenses of pebbly sand; ranges from poorly to well sorted

DESCRIPTN:
Sandy pebble gravel; clasts predominantly quartz with a lesser content of mafic and felsic schist clasts; scattered lenses of pebbly sand; ranges from poorly to well sorted


Material:
Stratified sand and gravel; glaciofluvial sediments deposited during older pre-Reid glaciation

Descriptn1:
Poorly sorted pebbly cobble gravel; clasts average 2-5 cm but range to 30 cm in long dimension; clasts subangular to rounded with most subrounded. Matrix poorly sorted sand. Colour yellowish red (5YR 5/6 to 5YR 5/8); clasts highly weathered near upper 100

Descriptn2:
cm of undisturbed gravel; cryoturbation has locally reoriented clasts so that long axes are vertical; clasts commonly have clay skins from soil forming process; this interval is the lower part of a B-horizon of a paleosol; grades downward to oxidized but

Descriptn3:
unweathered gravel; clast lithology dominated by metamorphic rocks but also contains a significant percentage from Selwyn Basin; base of gravel not exposed.

DESCRIPTN:
Poorly sorted pebbly cobble gravel; clasts average 2-5 cm but range to 30 cm in long dimension; clasts subangular to rounded with most subrounded. Matrix poorly sorted sand. Colour yellowish red (5YR 5/6 to 5YR 5/8); clasts highly weathered near upper 100 cm of undisturbed gravel; cryoturbation has locally reoriented clasts so that long axes are vertical; clasts commonly have clay skins from soil forming process; this interval is the lower part of a B-horizon of a paleosol; grades downward to oxidized but unweathered gravel; clast lithology dominated by metamorphic rocks but also contains a significant percentage from Selwyn Basin; base of gravel not exposed.


Material:
Massive to stratified diamicton; colluvial sediments (may locally date to middle Pleistocene)

Sect_notes:
Dug pit in terrace at mouth of Telford Creek, 50 m above Stewart River.

Descriptn1:
Colluvial soil. Angular clasts in a light brown silt and sand matrix

DESCRIPTN:
Colluvial soil. Angular clasts in a light brown silt and sand matrix


Descriptn1:
Horizontally stratified muddy, matrix-supported stratified pebble gravel to stratified well sorted pebble gravel with granule matrix; open work near base

DESCRIPTN:
Horizontally stratified muddy, matrix-supported stratified pebble gravel to stratified well sorted pebble gravel with granule matrix; open work near base


Descriptn1:
Cobble bed; average diameter 12 cm; coarse sand matrix

DESCRIPTN:
Cobble bed; average diameter 12 cm; coarse sand matrix


Descriptn1:
Stratified sandy pebble and cobbly sandy pebble gravel

DESCRIPTN:
Stratified sandy pebble and cobbly sandy pebble gravel


Descriptn1:
Borehole log; white quartz-rich cobble-gravel (equivalent to pliocene White Channel Gravel) to a depth of at least 7m; some fine gold encountered; surface soil with well-developed Bt horizons to 1.7m depth (see Froese et al., 2001).

DESCRIPTN:
Borehole log; white quartz-rich cobble-gravel (equivalent to pliocene White Channel Gravel) to a depth of at least 7m; some fine gold encountered; surface soil with well-developed Bt horizons to 1.7m depth (see Froese et al., 2001).


Sect_notes:
Road cut and soil auger borings; sands within the lower 5 m of section may record lake formation in Indian River valley

Descriptn1:
Colluviated silt; angular pebbles with callche; abrupt lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Colluviated silt; angular pebbles with callche; abrupt lower contact


Descriptn1:
Sandy pebble gravel; pebbly sand lenses; openwork gravel lens; some chert; mean clast size 1.5cm; well to poorly sorted; abrupt irregular lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Sandy pebble gravel; pebbly sand lenses; openwork gravel lens; some chert; mean clast size 1.5cm; well to poorly sorted; abrupt irregular lower contact


Descriptn1:
Medium sand; bedded; apparent dip to west; abrupt lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Medium sand; bedded; apparent dip to west; abrupt lower contact


Descriptn1:
Coarse sand; tabular cross-laminated; scattered clasts up to 2 cm; abrupt lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Coarse sand; tabular cross-laminated; scattered clasts up to 2 cm; abrupt lower contact


Descriptn1:
Medium-coarse sand; scattered dropstones up to 3 cm  (auger boring). Clayey silt; rhythmically-bedded; broken by diapir; abrupt lower contact.

DESCRIPTN:
Medium-coarse sand; scattered dropstones up to 3 cm  (auger boring). Clayey silt; rhythmically-bedded; broken by diapir; abrupt lower contact.


Descriptn1:
Medium coarse sand; abrupt lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Medium coarse sand; abrupt lower contact


Descriptn1:
Clayey silt; rhythmically-bedded; abrupt lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Clayey silt; rhythmically-bedded; abrupt lower contact


Sect_notes:
Composite section composed of a series of pits, stepped trenches and a road cut; most coomplete section through pre-Reid Indian River valley train; lower 6m may record lake formation in Indian River valley

Descriptn1:
Wounded Moose paleosol; yellowish red (5YR 4/6); parent material probably weathered, disaggregated gravel; pebbles (chert, quartz) up to 3cm throughout; subrounded; clay skins; roots throughout

DESCRIPTN:
Wounded Moose paleosol; yellowish red (5YR 4/6); parent material probably weathered, disaggregated gravel; pebbles (chert, quartz) up to 3cm throughout; subrounded; clay skins; roots throughout


Sect_notes:
Surface stripped of overburden by mining operations

Descriptn1:
Disorganized bouldery cobble gravel; auriferous; clast lithologies entirely derived from Kirkman Creek basin; base of unit not observed; contains placer gold. Abrupt contact.

DESCRIPTN:
Disorganized bouldery cobble gravel; auriferous; clast lithologies entirely derived from Kirkman Creek basin; base of unit not observed; contains placer gold. Abrupt contact.


Descriptn1:
Dark schist; extensively weathered to clay.

DESCRIPTN:
Dark schist; extensively weathered to clay.


Material:
Stratified to massive gravel and sand; White Channel Gravel and equivalent clastic units predating regional glaciation includes late Tertiary pediment sediments

Sect_notes:
Placer exploration trenches cut into a high bench above Twenty Mile Creek

Descriptn1:
Poorly sorted cobble, pebble gravel; clasts up to 25 cm; clasts subangular to sub rounded; clasts felsic and mafic schist, feldspar porphyry, metaquartzite, milky quartz; upper metre of gravel oxidized and weathered; colours range from 7.5YR 4/4 to 7.5YR

Descriptn2:
5/6 (strong brown to dark brown); clay skins (argillans) common on clasts.

DESCRIPTN:
Poorly sorted cobble, pebble gravel; clasts up to 25 cm; clasts subangular to sub rounded; clasts felsic and mafic schist, feldspar porphyry, metaquartzite, milky quartz; upper metre of gravel oxidized and weathered; colours range from 7.5YR 4/4 to 7.5YR 5/6 (strong brown to dark brown); clay skins (argillans) common on clasts.


Sect_notes:
Colluviated overburden exposed in trench; float of coarse pegmatite

Descriptn1:
Large angular to sub-rounded boulders in disaggregated gneiss sand (grus); appears to be a former rock glacier

DESCRIPTN:
Large angular to sub-rounded boulders in disaggregated gneiss sand (grus); appears to be a former rock glacier


Descriptn1:
Competent gneiss bedrock is 2-3 m below surface

DESCRIPTN:
Competent gneiss bedrock is 2-3 m below surface


Descriptn1:
Oxidated pebbly silt; contains carbonate blebs up to 30cm long and 10cm thick. Cut by ice wedge pseudomorph

DESCRIPTN:
Oxidated pebbly silt; contains carbonate blebs up to 30cm long and 10cm thick. Cut by ice wedge pseudomorph


Descriptn1:
Clayey silty pebble gravel with clasts up to 5cm; contains chert pebbles; apparently formed by the fragmentation and mixing of gravel and formerly laminated clay (presently contorted blebs) through the collapse of segregated ice bodies; cut by and ice wed

DESCRIPTN:
Clayey silty pebble gravel with clasts up to 5cm; contains chert pebbles; apparently formed by the fragmentation and mixing of gravel and formerly laminated clay (presently contorted blebs) through the collapse of segregated ice bodies; cut by and ice wedge pseudomorph


Descriptn1:
Pebbly clay; upper boundary gradational; lower contact abrupt

DESCRIPTN:
Pebbly clay; upper boundary gradational; lower contact abrupt


Descriptn1:
Sandy pebble gravel; oxidized; clasts are derived from adjacent upland; mean clast size 1cm

DESCRIPTN:
Sandy pebble gravel; oxidized; clasts are derived from adjacent upland; mean clast size 1cm


Descriptn1:
Silt cut by tree roots; gradational lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Silt cut by tree roots; gradational lower contact


Descriptn1:
Sandy pebble gravel; clasts up to 3cm; clasts predominantly derived from adjacent uplands but contains scattered chert clasts; cryoturbated; cut by an ice wedge pseudomorph; abrupt lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Sandy pebble gravel; clasts up to 3cm; clasts predominantly derived from adjacent uplands but contains scattered chert clasts; cryoturbated; cut by an ice wedge pseudomorph; abrupt lower contact


Descriptn1:
Massive medium sand; abrupt lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Massive medium sand; abrupt lower contact


Descriptn1:
Silty pebble gravel; clasts locally derived from adjacent upland, abrupt lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Silty pebble gravel; clasts locally derived from adjacent upland, abrupt lower contact


Descriptn1:
Sandy pebble gravel; clasts locally derived from adjacent upland

DESCRIPTN:
Sandy pebble gravel; clasts locally derived from adjacent upland


Descriptn1:
Medium to coarse stratified sand; olive brown (2.5 YR), rare granular lenses of angular clasts

DESCRIPTN:
Medium to coarse stratified sand; olive brown (2.5 YR), rare granular lenses of angular clasts


Descriptn1:
Silty pebble gravel; cryoturbated; weathered disaggregated clasts; blebs of white carbonate cementation; gradational lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Silty pebble gravel; cryoturbated; weathered disaggregated clasts; blebs of white carbonate cementation; gradational lower contact


Descriptn1:
Silty pebble gravel; clasts rounded to sub-angular; gradational lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Silty pebble gravel; clasts rounded to sub-angular; gradational lower contact


Descriptn1:
Sandy pebble gravel; imbricated; abrupt lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Sandy pebble gravel; imbricated; abrupt lower contact


Descriptn1:
Pebbly sand; stratified; openwork and sandy pebble gravel lenses; clasts up to 3 cm; gradational lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Pebbly sand; stratified; openwork and sandy pebble gravel lenses; clasts up to 3 cm; gradational lower contact


Descriptn1:
Pebble gravel; clasts locally derived from adjacent upland; up to 4cm

DESCRIPTN:
Pebble gravel; clasts locally derived from adjacent upland; up to 4cm


Sect_notes:
Vertical exposure; top of section 38m above Indian River, 28m above bedrock contact


Descriptn1:
Silty pebble gravel grading down to pebbly fine sand; oxidized; clasts up to 1cm; mean clasts size 5cm; abrupt lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Silty pebble gravel grading down to pebbly fine sand; oxidized; clasts up to 1cm; mean clasts size 5cm; abrupt lower contact


Descriptn1:
Cobbly pebble gravel; tabular clasts; abrupt lower contact; pebble fabric indicates stream flow east (same direction as contemporary flow of Indian River)

DESCRIPTN:
Cobbly pebble gravel; tabular clasts; abrupt lower contact; pebble fabric indicates stream flow east (same direction as contemporary flow of Indian River)


Descriptn1:
Sand; from top to bottom; laminar bedding, tabular cross-bedding; massive; ripples; rust, black and grey bands; abrupt lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Sand; from top to bottom; laminar bedding, tabular cross-bedding; massive; ripples; rust, black and grey bands; abrupt lower contact


Descriptn1:
Cobbly pebble gravel; tabular clasts; up to 20cm; abrupt lower contact; pebble fabric indicates stream flow from east (same direction as contemporary flow of Indian River)

DESCRIPTN:
Cobbly pebble gravel; tabular clasts; up to 20cm; abrupt lower contact; pebble fabric indicates stream flow from east (same direction as contemporary flow of Indian River)


Descriptn1:
Organic-rich silt with interstratified ice and ice wedges; abundant Pleistocene mammal bones at contact with underlying gravel

DESCRIPTN:
Organic-rich silt with interstratified ice and ice wedges; abundant Pleistocene mammal bones at contact with underlying gravel


Material:
Tephra - identification and age, if known, described on stratigraphic log

Descriptn1:
Dawson tephra 24 ka (Froese et al., 2002)

DESCRIPTN:
Dawson tephra 24 ka (Froese et al., 2002)


Descriptn1:
Massive to crudely stratified gravel with diamicton lenses; well-developed pebble fabric indicating source from Laskey Creek

DESCRIPTN:
Massive to crudely stratified gravel with diamicton lenses; well-developed pebble fabric indicating source from Laskey Creek


Sect_notes:
Composite section from a series of pits along the wall of a 36m long exploration trench; lower 8m may record two cycles of lake formation and drainage in Indian River Valley during deposition of Indian River train

Descriptn1:
Sandy pebble gravel interstratified with progressively fining pebbly sand; rounded; mean clast 1cm; gradational lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Sandy pebble gravel interstratified with progressively fining pebbly sand; rounded; mean clast 1cm; gradational lower contact


Descriptn1:
Sandy pebble gravel; rounded; clasts uo tp 2cm (long axis) 1cm (intermediate axis); gradational lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Sandy pebble gravel; rounded; clasts uo tp 2cm (long axis) 1cm (intermediate axis); gradational lower contact


Descriptn1:
Pebbly medium sand; scattered pebbles approx 0.5cm; overturned lens of sandy pebble gravel (as above); manganese staining

DESCRIPTN:
Pebbly medium sand; scattered pebbles approx 0.5cm; overturned lens of sandy pebble gravel (as above); manganese staining


Descriptn1:
Medium sand; rhythmically bedded; scattered pebbles 1cm; sandy pebble gravel lenses; chert; clasts up to 0.5cm; gradational lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Medium sand; rhythmically bedded; scattered pebbles 1cm; sandy pebble gravel lenses; chert; clasts up to 0.5cm; gradational lower contact


Descriptn1:
Pebbly sand; clasts up to 1 cm; fine sand and silt rhythlites, 2cm couplets; manganese staining; gradational lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Pebbly sand; clasts up to 1 cm; fine sand and silt rhythlites, 2cm couplets; manganese staining; gradational lower contact


Descriptn1:
Sandy pebble gravel; gradational lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Sandy pebble gravel; gradational lower contact


Descriptn1:
Granule sand; horizontally bedded; gradational lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Granule sand; horizontally bedded; gradational lower contact


Descriptn1:
Sandy pebble gravel; abrupt irregular lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Sandy pebble gravel; abrupt irregular lower contact


Descriptn1:
Fine sand; rhythmically bedded; 3cm couplets; ice-wedge pseudomorph or sand wedge

DESCRIPTN:
Fine sand; rhythmically bedded; 3cm couplets; ice-wedge pseudomorph or sand wedge


Descriptn1:
Medium sand; rhythmically bedded (oxidized-reduced); very scattered pebbles; clasts <0.5cm; fine sand lens

DESCRIPTN:
Medium sand; rhythmically bedded (oxidized-reduced); very scattered pebbles; clasts <0.5cm; fine sand lens


Sect_notes:
Composite section from a series of pits along the wall of a 36m long exploration trench; lower 5m may record two cycles of lake formation and drainage in Indian River Valley during deposition of Indian River train

Descriptn1:
Fine sand grading down into pebbly fine sand; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6)

DESCRIPTN:
Fine sand grading down into pebbly fine sand; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6)


Descriptn1:
Bedded sandy pebble gravel; dip 12 degrees SW; manganese staining; abrupt irregular contact

DESCRIPTN:
Bedded sandy pebble gravel; dip 12 degrees SW; manganese staining; abrupt irregular contact


Descriptn1:
Pebbly sand grading downwards to sandy pebble gravel; mean clast size 1 cm.

DESCRIPTN:
Pebbly sand grading downwards to sandy pebble gravel; mean clast size 1 cm.


Descriptn1:
Horizontally laminated fine-medium sand; friable; abrupt lower contact (cemented mud drape)

DESCRIPTN:
Horizontally laminated fine-medium sand; friable; abrupt lower contact (cemented mud drape)


Descriptn1:
Stratified sandy pebble gravel; rounded; clasts up to 2 cm; mean clast size 0.5 cm; chert; abrupt lower contact (cemented mud drape)

DESCRIPTN:
Stratified sandy pebble gravel; rounded; clasts up to 2 cm; mean clast size 0.5 cm; chert; abrupt lower contact (cemented mud drape)


Descriptn1:
Pebbly granular sand; clasts up to 1cm; pebble gravel lens (small chert); tabular cross-laminated sand lens; ice wedge pseudomorph

DESCRIPTN:
Pebbly granular sand; clasts up to 1cm; pebble gravel lens (small chert); tabular cross-laminated sand lens; ice wedge pseudomorph


Descriptn1:
Pebbly sand; cross-bedded; clasts up to 2cm; abrupt lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Pebbly sand; cross-bedded; clasts up to 2cm; abrupt lower contact


Descriptn1:
Medium sand; tabular cross-bedded; colour alternates rusty/grey; scattered pebbles; mean clast 1 cm

DESCRIPTN:
Medium sand; tabular cross-bedded; colour alternates rusty/grey; scattered pebbles; mean clast 1 cm


Descriptn1:
Sandy pebble gravel; cryoturbated; clasts up to 2 cm; abrupt lower contact (cemented). Fine sand; scattered pebbles; abrupt lower contact. Fine sand; no pebbles, grading downwards to coarse sand, scattered pebbles; some manganese staining. Ice-wedge pseud

DESCRIPTN:
Sandy pebble gravel; cryoturbated; clasts up to 2 cm; abrupt lower contact (cemented). Fine sand; scattered pebbles; abrupt lower contact. Fine sand; no pebbles, grading downwards to coarse sand, scattered pebbles; some manganese staining. Ice-wedge pseudomorph or sand wedge.


Descriptn1:
Medium sand; fine sand; abrupt and irregular lower contact; contains a diamicton intraclast

DESCRIPTN:
Medium sand; fine sand; abrupt and irregular lower contact; contains a diamicton intraclast


Descriptn1:
Sandy pebble gravel; clasts derived from adjacent uplands; mean size 1 cm

DESCRIPTN:
Sandy pebble gravel; clasts derived from adjacent uplands; mean size 1 cm


Sect_notes:
Road cut through upper 3m of glaciofluvial terrace and exploration trench at base of slope across contact with underlying bedrock

Descriptn1:
Massive silt (loess); abrupt lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Massive silt (loess); abrupt lower contact


Descriptn1:
Massive sand; scattered pebbles; clasts sub-rounded; up to 2cm;abrupt lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Massive sand; scattered pebbles; clasts sub-rounded; up to 2cm;abrupt lower contact


Descriptn1:
Pebbly sand lens; clasts sub-rounded; up to 2cm; abrupt lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Pebbly sand lens; clasts sub-rounded; up to 2cm; abrupt lower contact


Descriptn1:
Massive fine sand; scattered pebbles; clasts sub-rounded; up to 2cm

DESCRIPTN:
Massive fine sand; scattered pebbles; clasts sub-rounded; up to 2cm


Descriptn1:
Approximately 30m covered by forest and colluvium

DESCRIPTN:
Approximately 30m covered by forest and colluvium


Descriptn1:
Sandy pebble gravel, graded over inplacer exploration pit; gravel predominantly mica schist and quartz

DESCRIPTN:
Sandy pebble gravel, graded over inplacer exploration pit; gravel predominantly mica schist and quartz


Descriptn1:
Schist bedrock, with abrupt upper contact

DESCRIPTN:
Schist bedrock, with abrupt upper contact


Descriptn1:
Oxidized granule sandy pebble gravel; cryoturbated; metaquartzite and schist clasts derived from adjacent upland; clasts up to 7cm; abrupt lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Oxidized granule sandy pebble gravel; cryoturbated; metaquartzite and schist clasts derived from adjacent upland; clasts up to 7cm; abrupt lower contact


Descriptn1:
Very fine to coarse sand; interlaminated; moderately to well sorted; rare laminations and thin beds of granite-rich coarse sand and granules; abrupt and planar lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Very fine to coarse sand; interlaminated; moderately to well sorted; rare laminations and thin beds of granite-rich coarse sand and granules; abrupt and planar lower contact


Descriptn1:
Cobbly pebble gravel, stratified, subrounded clasts, with moderately sorted interstitial sand, lower contact is sharp and planar but truncated by ice wedge pseudomorphs in unit below

DESCRIPTN:
Cobbly pebble gravel, stratified, subrounded clasts, with moderately sorted interstitial sand, lower contact is sharp and planar but truncated by ice wedge pseudomorphs in unit below


Material:
Stratified sand and gravel; glaciofluvial sediments deposited during Reid glaciation

Descriptn1:
Cobbly, matrix supported pebble diamicton; the long axes of most clasts are vertically oriented, clasts are rounded, granitic and mica-bearing metamorphic clasts are highly weathered and disaggregated, unit is commonly cut by ice wedge pseudomorphs with c

Descriptn2:
last supported rounded pebbles, matrix is heterogeneous: mostly silt loam matrix with areas of coarse sand, lower contact is gradual and irregular

DESCRIPTN:
Cobbly, matrix supported pebble diamicton; the long axes of most clasts are vertically oriented, clasts are rounded, granitic and mica-bearing metamorphic clasts are highly weathered and disaggregated, unit is commonly cut by ice wedge pseudomorphs with clast supported rounded pebbles, matrix is heterogeneous: mostly silt loam matrix with areas of coarse sand, lower contact is gradual and irregular


Descriptn1:
Boulder gravel; rounded clasts; poorly sorted matrix; lower contact is gradual and planar

DESCRIPTN:
Boulder gravel; rounded clasts; poorly sorted matrix; lower contact is gradual and planar


Descriptn1:
Bouldery cobble pebble gravel; clast supported; poorly sorted; subangular; crude imbrication in a down river direction apparent; base not seen

DESCRIPTN:
Bouldery cobble pebble gravel; clast supported; poorly sorted; subangular; crude imbrication in a down river direction apparent; base not seen


Descriptn1:
Silty fine sand; massive; dark brown (7.5 YR) to dark reddish brown (5 YR); rare pebble; base of unit contains slightly more sand; lower contact diffuse and wavy

DESCRIPTN:
Silty fine sand; massive; dark brown (7.5 YR) to dark reddish brown (5 YR); rare pebble; base of unit contains slightly more sand; lower contact diffuse and wavy


Material:
Paleosol developed in late Pliocene to early Pleistocene glaciofluvial and non-glacial sediments; Stratified sand and gravel; glaciofluvial sediments deposited during older pre-Reid glaciations

Descriptn1:
Paleosol developed in cobbley gravel; stratified; moderately sorted; contains few boulders; dark reddish brown (5 YR) to dark brown (7.5 YR); common thick 5 YR clay skins become moderately thick below 90 cm depth; cut by icewedge pseudomorphs more than a

Descriptn2:
metre wide; most clasts are chemically weathered and frost shattered in upper metre of unit; base of unit not seen; Black stain coats clasts below 2.8 m

DESCRIPTN:
Paleosol developed in cobbley gravel; stratified; moderately sorted; contains few boulders; dark reddish brown (5 YR) to dark brown (7.5 YR); common thick 5 YR clay skins become moderately thick below 90 cm depth; cut by icewedge pseudomorphs more than a metre wide; most clasts are chemically weathered and frost shattered in upper metre of unit; base of unit not seen; Black stain coats clasts below 2.8 m


Descriptn1:
Silty fine sand; dark brown to brownish yellow; near the base of unit contains several discontinuous weakly developed paleosols represented by 15 cm thick beds of humic enriched silt; stone tools found in top 20 cm; abrupt smooth lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Silty fine sand; dark brown to brownish yellow; near the base of unit contains several discontinuous weakly developed paleosols represented by 15 cm thick beds of humic enriched silt; stone tools found in top 20 cm; abrupt smooth lower contact


Material:
Paleosol developed in Reid and younger pre-Reid glaciofluvial sediments; Stratified sand and gravel; glaciofluvial sediments deposited during Reid glaciation

Descriptn1:
Pebbly sand; yellowish brown to pale brown; laminated; ventifacts found along upper contact; laminations are wavy and discontinuous; contains common broken clasts; the top of clasts are commonly disaggregated; rare vertically aligned clasts; carbonate acc

Descriptn2:
umulations on bottom of clasts; lower contact not seen

DESCRIPTN:
Pebbly sand; yellowish brown to pale brown; laminated; ventifacts found along upper contact; laminations are wavy and discontinuous; contains common broken clasts; the top of clasts are commonly disaggregated; rare vertically aligned clasts; carbonate accumulations on bottom of clasts; lower contact not seen


Material:
Stratified to massive sand and gravel; non-glaciofluvial sediments, may be graded to pre-Reid outwash; Paleosol developed in late Pliocene to early Pleistocene glaciofluvial and non-glacial sediments

Descriptn1:
Very poorly sorted pebbly cobble gravel. Clasts predominantly angular to sub angular dark grey mica schist; matrix is poorly sorted sand; upper 40 cm is a reddish brown (5YR 4/4) paleosol; clasts are commonly disaggregated and covered by clay skins from s

Descriptn2:
oil forming processes; frequencies of these decrease with depth; fabric of rod and spatulate clasts indicates flow from the east across the present valley of Barker Creek; contains only local bedrock lithologies

DESCRIPTN:
Very poorly sorted pebbly cobble gravel. Clasts predominantly angular to sub angular dark grey mica schist; matrix is poorly sorted sand; upper 40 cm is a reddish brown (5YR 4/4) paleosol; clasts are commonly disaggregated and covered by clay skins from soil forming processes; frequencies of these decrease with depth; fabric of rod and spatulate clasts indicates flow from the east across the present valley of Barker Creek; contains only local bedrock lithologies


Descriptn1:
Stony diamicton; clasts are predominatly schist and all originate in Barker Creek basin; they range from 1-20 cm, are subangular to subrounded and make-up about 25%; matrix is a brown (10 YR 4/3) clayey silty very fine sand; fabric of rod and spatulate cl

Descriptn2:
asts dip towards the east; origin apparently as a sediment gravity flow; basal contact sharp and irregular

DESCRIPTN:
Stony diamicton; clasts are predominatly schist and all originate in Barker Creek basin; they range from 1-20 cm, are subangular to subrounded and make-up about 25%; matrix is a brown (10 YR 4/3) clayey silty very fine sand; fabric of rod and spatulate clasts dip towards the east; origin apparently as a sediment gravity flow; basal contact sharp and irregular


Descriptn1:
Sandy cobble pebble gravel; crudely stratified to massive; overburden has been removed during placer mining; clasts are predominantly granitoid lithologies; scattered pebbles of dark grey chert pebble conglomerate indicate the past influence of an early C

Descriptn2:
ordilleran Ice Sheet in the Scroggie-Walhalla creek basin.

DESCRIPTN:
Sandy cobble pebble gravel; crudely stratified to massive; overburden has been removed during placer mining; clasts are predominantly granitoid lithologies; scattered pebbles of dark grey chert pebble conglomerate indicate the past influence of an early Cordilleran Ice Sheet in the Scroggie-Walhalla creek basin.


Descriptn1:
Schist bedrock about 40 m above the floor of Scroggie Creek valley

DESCRIPTN:
Schist bedrock about 40 m above the floor of Scroggie Creek valley


Descriptn1:
Crudely stratified flaggy pebbly cobble gravel; clasts 1-30 cm in longest dimension. Average long dimension 8-10 cm; clasts angular to subrounded; lithology almost entirely light and dark mica and hornblende schist, metaquartzite, milky quartz and gneiss.

Descriptn2:
Minor pyroxenite clasts are also present; all lithologies occur within Barker Creek basin

DESCRIPTN:
Crudely stratified flaggy pebbly cobble gravel; clasts 1-30 cm in longest dimension. Average long dimension 8-10 cm; clasts angular to subrounded; lithology almost entirely light and dark mica and hornblende schist, metaquartzite, milky quartz and gneiss. Minor pyroxenite clasts are also present; all lithologies occur within Barker Creek basin


Material:
Paleosol developed in late Pliocene to early Pleistocene glaciofluvial and non-glacial sediments; Stratified to massive gravel and sand; White Channel Gravel and equivalent clastic units predating regional glaciation includes late Tertiary pediment sedime

Descriptn1:
Paleosol; Poorly sorted cobble, pebble gravel; clasts up to 25 cm; clasts subangular to sub rounded; clasts felsic and mafic schist, feldspar porphyry, metaquartzite, milky quartz; upper metre of gravel oxidized and weathered; colours range from 7.5YR 4/4

Descriptn2:
to 7.5YR 5/6 (strong brown to dark brown); clay skins (argillans) common on clasts.

DESCRIPTN:
Paleosol; Poorly sorted cobble, pebble gravel; clasts up to 25 cm; clasts subangular to sub rounded; clasts felsic and mafic schist, feldspar porphyry, metaquartzite, milky quartz; upper metre of gravel oxidized and weathered; colours range from 7.5YR 4/4 to 7.5YR 5/6 (strong brown to dark brown); clay skins (argillans) common on clasts.


Sect_notes:
Section logged at the north end of a 150 m long wall of a placer mine excavation into gravel and resedimented eolian sediment covering a terrace 8 m above the floor of Black Hills Creek


Sect_notes:
Placer mine dug into contemporary flood plain of Black Hills Creek

Descriptn1:
Silt to fine sand containing variable amounts of organic silt, tree branches and roots; abrupt contact

DESCRIPTN:
Silt to fine sand containing variable amounts of organic silt, tree branches and roots; abrupt contact


Descriptn1:
Gravelly sand; shows structures indicating the former presence of segregated ice lenses

DESCRIPTN:
Gravelly sand; shows structures indicating the former presence of segregated ice lenses


Descriptn1:
Auriferous cobble-pebble gravel, sandy matrix; sandy matrix; clasts sub angular to subrounded; clasts are strongly imbricated in an upstream direction; pay zone along the abrupt contact with underlying schist

DESCRIPTN:
Auriferous cobble-pebble gravel, sandy matrix; sandy matrix; clasts sub angular to subrounded; clasts are strongly imbricated in an upstream direction; pay zone along the abrupt contact with underlying schist


Sect_notes:
Exposure on east side of broad fluvial terrace; surface has been stripped of overburden

Descriptn1:
Cobble, pebble gravel; maximum intermediate dimension 25 cm; sandy pebble matrix; poorly exposed clast lithologies composed of mafic and felsic schist, metaquartzite, andesite and gneiss; all lithologies can be found upstream in the Black Hills Creek basi

DESCRIPTN:
Cobble, pebble gravel; maximum intermediate dimension 25 cm; sandy pebble matrix; poorly exposed clast lithologies composed of mafic and felsic schist, metaquartzite, andesite and gneiss; all lithologies can be found upstream in the Black Hills Creek basin


Material:
Paleosol developed in Reid and younger pre-Reid glaciofluvial sediments; Massive to stratified silt and fine sand;primary and resedimented eolian sediments

Sect_notes:
Pre-Reid outwash terrace 42 m above Stewart River; partly covered by alluvial and colluvial sediments

Descriptn1:
Wind blown silt and sand with scattered pebbles; pebbles have clay skins created by soil-forming processes; reddish-yellow (7.5YR 6/6)

DESCRIPTN:
Wind blown silt and sand with scattered pebbles; pebbles have clay skins created by soil-forming processes; reddish-yellow (7.5YR 6/6)


Material:
Paleosol developed in Reid and younger pre-Reid glaciofluvial sediments; Stratified sand and gravel; glaciofluvial sediments deposited during older pre-Reid glaciations


Descriptn1:
Poorly sorted pebble gravel; clasts with clay skins extend to 50 cm below surface

DESCRIPTN:
Poorly sorted pebble gravel; clasts with clay skins extend to 50 cm below surface


Descriptn1:
Sand; tabular cross-bedded; abrupt lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Sand; tabular cross-bedded; abrupt lower contact


Descriptn1:
Pebble gravel; angular to sub-rounded; clasts up to 2cm; mean 0.5cm; fining upwards; clasts locally derived; abrupt lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Pebble gravel; angular to sub-rounded; clasts up to 2cm; mean 0.5cm; fining upwards; clasts locally derived; abrupt lower contact


Descriptn1:
Pebble gravel; openwork; gradational lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Pebble gravel; openwork; gradational lower contact


Descriptn1:
Sandy pebble gravel; lenses of pebbly silt; abrupt lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Sandy pebble gravel; lenses of pebbly silt; abrupt lower contact


Descriptn1:
Fine-medium sand; laminated; bed of isolated chert pebbles

DESCRIPTN:
Fine-medium sand; laminated; bed of isolated chert pebbles


Descriptn1:
Fine sand; bedded; abrupt irregular lower contact (mud drape)

DESCRIPTN:
Fine sand; bedded; abrupt irregular lower contact (mud drape)


Descriptn1:
Medium sand; bedded; isolated pebbles<1 cm; abrupt lower contact (mud drape)

DESCRIPTN:
Medium sand; bedded; isolated pebbles<1 cm; abrupt lower contact (mud drape)


Descriptn1:
Massive to crudely-stratified silt and fine sand with interstitial pore ice and large ice wedges (>4m width x8m depth)

DESCRIPTN:
Massive to crudely-stratified silt and fine sand with interstitial pore ice and large ice wedges (>4m width x8m depth)


Descriptn1:
Sheep Creek tephra (190 +/- 20ka) [Berger et al., 1996]

DESCRIPTN:
Sheep Creek tephra (190 +/- 20ka) [Berger et al., 1996]


Material:
Stratified sand and gravel; glaciofluvial sediments deposited during younger pre-Reid glaciations (includes non glacial fluvial sediments in the Dominion Creek basin (see Sections 5 and 6)

Descriptn1:
Massive to crudely stratified gravel; pebble fabric taken at contact with underlying bedrock indicates the same flow direction as contemporary Dominion Creek

DESCRIPTN:
Massive to crudely stratified gravel; pebble fabric taken at contact with underlying bedrock indicates the same flow direction as contemporary Dominion Creek


Descriptn1:
Dominion Creek gravel; Iron stained, low angle cross-bedded (lateral accretion facies) to crudely stratified gravel; well-developed pebble fabric indicating same flow direction as contemporary Dominion Creek; sharply overlies Ross gravel; normal (same as

Descriptn2:
present) remanent magnetization; overlying silt lateral to this site contains middle Pleistocene Gold Run tephra (710 +/- 70ka) (Froese et al., 2001; Westgate et al, 2003)

DESCRIPTN:
Dominion Creek gravel; Iron stained, low angle cross-bedded (lateral accretion facies) to crudely stratified gravel; well-developed pebble fabric indicating same flow direction as contemporary Dominion Creek; sharply overlies Ross gravel; normal (same as present) remanent magnetization; overlying silt lateral to this site contains middle Pleistocene Gold Run tephra (710 +/- 70ka) (Froese et al., 2001; Westgate et al, 2003)


Descriptn1:
Ross gravel; massive to crudely stratified normal-grading gravel to sand beds; no iron staining relative to the overlying Dominion Creek gravel, and no periglacial features such as ice wedge casts; reverse remanent magnetization indicating and age > 780,0

DESCRIPTN:
Ross gravel; massive to crudely stratified normal-grading gravel to sand beds; no iron staining relative to the overlying Dominion Creek gravel, and no periglacial features such as ice wedge casts; reverse remanent magnetization indicating and age > 780,000 years (Froese et al., 2001)


Material:
Stratified to massive gravel and sand; White Channel Gravel and equivalent clastic units predating regional glaciation, includes late Tertiary pediment sediments. Paleosol developed in late Pliocene to early Pleistocene glaciofluvial and non-glacial sedim


Material:
Stratified sand and gravel; glaciofluvial sediments deposited during older pre-Reid glaciation; Paleosol developed in late Pliocene to early Pleistocene glaciofluvial and non-glacial sediments

Descriptn1:
Poorly sorted coarse sand. Oxidized to same colour range as underlying gravel.

DESCRIPTN:
Poorly sorted coarse sand. Oxidized to same colour range as underlying gravel.


Descriptn1:
Ventifacts found 0-8 cm from surface, indicating a colluvial mantle turned over by frost action; clay skins present below 8cm; strong brown (7.5 YR 5/6); clasts up to 7cm; rounded

DESCRIPTN:
Ventifacts found 0-8 cm from surface, indicating a colluvial mantle turned over by frost action; clay skins present below 8cm; strong brown (7.5 YR 5/6); clasts up to 7cm; rounded


Descriptn1:
Muddy sandy pebble gravel; clasts up to 9cm (long axis), 5cm (intermediate axis)

DESCRIPTN:
Muddy sandy pebble gravel; clasts up to 9cm (long axis), 5cm (intermediate axis)


Descriptn1:
Bedded muddy pebble gravel, sandy pebble gravel and granule sand exposed in a series of ten, 1m hand-dug pits spaced approximately 1m apart vertically; maximum clast size 3-11 cm (intermediate axis); abundant chert and chert pebble conglomerate clasts typ

Descriptn2:
ical of Indian River Valley train gravel throughout

DESCRIPTN:
Bedded muddy pebble gravel, sandy pebble gravel and granule sand exposed in a series of ten, 1m hand-dug pits spaced approximately 1m apart vertically; maximum clast size 3-11 cm (intermediate axis); abundant chert and chert pebble conglomerate clasts typical of Indian River Valley train gravel throughout


Descriptn1:
Well rounded pebble gravel; sandy to open framework; base not seen

DESCRIPTN:
Well rounded pebble gravel; sandy to open framework; base not seen


Descriptn1:
Bouldery cobble gravel; disorganized to weakly stratified; moderately sorted; subrounded to subangular clasts; clast supported; clasts composed of highgrade metamorphic lithologies and very rare volcanic lithologies; coarse sandy matrix near upper surface

Descriptn2:
, open framework near base of exposure; base not seen

DESCRIPTN:
Bouldery cobble gravel; disorganized to weakly stratified; moderately sorted; subrounded to subangular clasts; clast supported; clasts composed of highgrade metamorphic lithologies and very rare volcanic lithologies; coarse sandy matrix near upper surface, open framework near base of exposure; base not seen


Descriptn1:
Sandy pebble gravel; poorly sorted; coarse-granule sand lens; rounded clasts; clasts up to 5cm (long axis) 3cm (intermediate axis)

DESCRIPTN:
Sandy pebble gravel; poorly sorted; coarse-granule sand lens; rounded clasts; clasts up to 5cm (long axis) 3cm (intermediate axis)


Descriptn1:
Sand; laminated; lenses of pebble gravel; abrupt lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Sand; laminated; lenses of pebble gravel; abrupt lower contact


Descriptn1:
Pebble gravel; muddy; disorganized; clasts up to 2cm; abrupt lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Pebble gravel; muddy; disorganized; clasts up to 2cm; abrupt lower contact


Descriptn1:
Coarse sand; tabular cross-lamination; dipping down valley; abrupt irregular contact

DESCRIPTN:
Coarse sand; tabular cross-lamination; dipping down valley; abrupt irregular contact


Descriptn1:
Coarse sand; tabular cross-lamination; scattered clasts up to 1cm; abrupt irregular lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Coarse sand; tabular cross-lamination; scattered clasts up to 1cm; abrupt irregular lower contact


Descriptn1:
Fine sand; laminated; oxidized-reduced; abrupt lower contact. Medium sand; gradational lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Fine sand; laminated; oxidized-reduced; abrupt lower contact. Medium sand; gradational lower contact


Descriptn1:
Pebbly coarse sand; rounded; clasts up to 3cm; rip-ups thought to represent reworked frozed material or bank collapse

DESCRIPTN:
Pebbly coarse sand; rounded; clasts up to 3cm; rip-ups thought to represent reworked frozed material or bank collapse


Descriptn1:
Sandy pebble gravel; crudely stratified; 2 cm lens of medium sand; clasts up to 10 cm; abrupt lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Sandy pebble gravel; crudely stratified; 2 cm lens of medium sand; clasts up to 10 cm; abrupt lower contact


Descriptn1:
Pebble gravel; openwork; abrupt lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Pebble gravel; openwork; abrupt lower contact


Descriptn1:
Sandy pebble gravel; clasts up to 5 cm; crudely stratified; lenses of coarse sand up to 5 cm thick

DESCRIPTN:
Sandy pebble gravel; clasts up to 5 cm; crudely stratified; lenses of coarse sand up to 5 cm thick


Material:
Stratified sand and gravel; glaciofluvial sediments deposited during older pre-Reid glaciations. Paleosol developed in late Pliocene to early Pleistocene glaciofluvial and non-glacial sediments

Sect_notes:
Pit 1.2m wide and 3m in length dug by Kubota excavator 120m abover Stewart River

Descriptn1:
Massive, clast-supported, poorly sorted pebble gravel; clasts round; coarse sand to granule matrix; red (2.5 YR 5/8) colour; clasts have clay skins; discontinuous boulder lag along contact with underlying sand

DESCRIPTN:
Massive, clast-supported, poorly sorted pebble gravel; clasts round; coarse sand to granule matrix; red (2.5 YR 5/8) colour; clasts have clay skins; discontinuous boulder lag along contact with underlying sand


Descriptn1:
Coarse sand; crudely fines upward; red (2.5YR 5/8)

DESCRIPTN:
Coarse sand; crudely fines upward; red (2.5YR 5/8)


Descriptn1:
Granule pebble gravel and open work pebble gravel; subrounded to rounded clasts

DESCRIPTN:
Granule pebble gravel and open work pebble gravel; subrounded to rounded clasts


Descriptn1:
Cobbly matrix supported pebble gravel; subrounded clasts; red (2.5YR 5/6) colour; clasts have clay skins

DESCRIPTN:
Cobbly matrix supported pebble gravel; subrounded clasts; red (2.5YR 5/6) colour; clasts have clay skins


Descriptn1:
Poorly sorted coarse sandy matrix-supported gravel; base not seen

DESCRIPTN:
Poorly sorted coarse sandy matrix-supported gravel; base not seen


Sect_notes:
Dug pit on pre-Reid outwash terrace 69m above Stewart River on south side of Stewart River Valley

Descriptn1:
Matrix supported sandy pebble gravel; upper 30cm dark brown (7.5YR 3/2); lower 16cm olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6); gravel clasts in this unit and throughout pit are commonly black chert and chert pebble conglomerate from the Selwyn Basin of east-central Yukon

DESCRIPTN:
Matrix supported sandy pebble gravel; upper 30cm dark brown (7.5YR 3/2); lower 16cm olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6); gravel clasts in this unit and throughout pit are commonly black chert and chert pebble conglomerate from the Selwyn Basin of east-central Yukon


Descriptn1:
Clast-supported pebble gravel; coarsens upward

DESCRIPTN:
Clast-supported pebble gravel; coarsens upward


Descriptn1:
Cobble gravel; clasts up to 10cm in size; dark brown (10YR 3/3)

DESCRIPTN:
Cobble gravel; clasts up to 10cm in size; dark brown (10YR 3/3)


Descriptn1:
Pebble gravel; clasts less than 5cm; contains one well sorted 1 cm thick sand layer

DESCRIPTN:
Pebble gravel; clasts less than 5cm; contains one well sorted 1 cm thick sand layer


Sect_notes:
Dug pit on terrace 27m above Stewart River

Descriptn1:
Cobble to boulder lag; coarse granular to muddy matrix; clasts up to 30cm in size

DESCRIPTN:
Cobble to boulder lag; coarse granular to muddy matrix; clasts up to 30cm in size


Descriptn1:
Gravel with silty, micaceous sandy matrix; clasts dominated by black chert, quartzite, mica schist and granitoid lithologies

DESCRIPTN:
Gravel with silty, micaceous sandy matrix; clasts dominated by black chert, quartzite, mica schist and granitoid lithologies


Descriptn1:
Semi to solidly frozen fissile micaceous silty fine sand; poorly sorted; contains isolated pebbles and cobbles; dark greyish brown (2.5Y 3/2)

DESCRIPTN:
Semi to solidly frozen fissile micaceous silty fine sand; poorly sorted; contains isolated pebbles and cobbles; dark greyish brown (2.5Y 3/2)


Material:
Silt (organic rich), peat, and organic detritus, and extensive interstratified and segregated ice; collectively called muck. Modern soil

Sect_notes:
Dug hole on surface of pre-Reid age outwash terrace approximately 120m above Stewart River


Material:
Massive to stratified silt and fine sand; primary and resedimented eolian sediments. Paleosol developed in Reid and younger pre-Reid glaciofluvial sediments

Descriptn1:
Soil developed in sandy silt; brown in colour (7.5YR 5/4)

DESCRIPTN:
Soil developed in sandy silt; brown in colour (7.5YR 5/4)


Descriptn1:
Weathered pebble gravel; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); gravel composition is typical of glacial outwash with black chert and chert pebble conglomerate from the Selwyn basin in east-central Yukon

DESCRIPTN:
Weathered pebble gravel; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); gravel composition is typical of glacial outwash with black chert and chert pebble conglomerate from the Selwyn basin in east-central Yukon


Material:
Massive to stratified diamicton; colluvial sediments (may locally date to Middle Pleistocene). Modern soil

Descriptn1:
Fine dry sand; contains granules to 3mm; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6)

DESCRIPTN:
Fine dry sand; contains granules to 3mm; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6)


Descriptn1:
Clast supported pebble gravel; granule sand matrix clay skins on gravel clasts; strong red colour (2.5YR 4/8)

DESCRIPTN:
Clast supported pebble gravel; granule sand matrix clay skins on gravel clasts; strong red colour (2.5YR 4/8)


Descriptn1:
Interstratified pebble granule sand, well sorted pebble gravel, and clast-supported pebble gravel; clasts up to 4cm in size; gravel clasts are completely covered by clay skins; strong red colour

DESCRIPTN:
Interstratified pebble granule sand, well sorted pebble gravel, and clast-supported pebble gravel; clasts up to 4cm in size; gravel clasts are completely covered by clay skins; strong red colour


Descriptn1:
Well sorted gravel; imbrication indicates paleo stream flow from the north; clay skins thin downward; maximum clast sizes range from 3 to 10cm; colour yellowish red (7.5 YR 5/6) less intense than unit above

DESCRIPTN:
Well sorted gravel; imbrication indicates paleo stream flow from the north; clay skins thin downward; maximum clast sizes range from 3 to 10cm; colour yellowish red (7.5 YR 5/6) less intense than unit above


Descriptn1:
Silty fine sand, laminated; unit fines upward; disturbed by roots; contains rare isolated angular pebbles, as well as rare thin gravel lenses; several discontinuous thin beds of fine sand are slightly enriched with humified organics (paleo Ah horizons); s

DESCRIPTN:
Silty fine sand, laminated; unit fines upward; disturbed by roots; contains rare isolated angular pebbles, as well as rare thin gravel lenses; several discontinuous thin beds of fine sand are slightly enriched with humified organics (paleo Ah horizons); sharp lower contact


Material:
Massive to stratified diamicton; colluvial sediments (may locally date to Middle Pleistocene); Paleosol developed in late Pliocene to early Pleistocene glaciofluvial and non-glacial sediments;

Descriptn1:
Paleosol; Colluvium consisting of weathered and totally disaggregated chlorite schist bedrock; strong brown colour (7.5YR 5/6); cohesive due to the presence of clay produced by weathering; quartz nodules derived from former veins are the only competent cl

DESCRIPTN:
Paleosol; Colluvium consisting of weathered and totally disaggregated chlorite schist bedrock; strong brown colour (7.5YR 5/6); cohesive due to the presence of clay produced by weathering; quartz nodules derived from former veins are the only competent clasts within the colluvium


Material:
Mesozoic and Paleozoic bedrock; Paleosol developed in late Pliocene to early Pleistocene glaciofluvial and non-glacial sediments

Descriptn1:
Paleosol; Weathered chlorite schist bedrock; competent rock becomes recognizable below 2.5 - 3.0 m

DESCRIPTN:
Paleosol; Weathered chlorite schist bedrock; competent rock becomes recognizable below 2.5 - 3.0 m


Descriptn1:
Weathered chlorite schist bedrock; competent rock becomes recognizable below 2.5 - 3.0 m

DESCRIPTN:
Weathered chlorite schist bedrock; competent rock becomes recognizable below 2.5 - 3.0 m


Material:
Massive to stratified silt and fine sand; primary and resedimented eolian sediments; Paleosol developed in Reid and younger pre-Reid glaciofluvial sediments

Sect_notes:
Pit dug in terrace on north side of Stewart River


Descriptn1:
Medium sand; massive; widespread pebbles up to 2cm in size; top of unit is marked by a one pebble thick horizon of ventifacts

DESCRIPTN:
Medium sand; massive; widespread pebbles up to 2cm in size; top of unit is marked by a one pebble thick horizon of ventifacts


Descriptn1:
Interbedded and interlaminated fine to medium sand and clay; upper 37 cm cryoturbated; colours range from light grey (2.5Y 5/2) to yeellowish brown (10YR 5/6)

DESCRIPTN:
Interbedded and interlaminated fine to medium sand and clay; upper 37 cm cryoturbated; colours range from light grey (2.5Y 5/2) to yeellowish brown (10YR 5/6)


Material:
Modern soil; Massive to stratified silt and fine sand; primary and resedimented eolian sediments; Ice-wedge pseudomorph

Sect_notes:
Vertical exposure of gravelly sediments overlying a bedrock strath 20 m above Stewart River. Exposure created by a bedrock-to-surface landslide within the sediments capping the strath


Material:
Stratified sand and gravel; glaciofluvial sediments deposited during older pre-Reid glaciations; Ice-wedge pseudomorph

Descriptn1:
Stony grery silt; clasts are subrounded to tound; maximum intermediate diameter 6 cm; average intermediate diameter 3 cm; bed is massive; long axes of clast commonly vertical from frost activity; cut by ice-wedge pseudomorph; abrupt basal contact

DESCRIPTN:
Stony grery silt; clasts are subrounded to tound; maximum intermediate diameter 6 cm; average intermediate diameter 3 cm; bed is massive; long axes of clast commonly vertical from frost activity; cut by ice-wedge pseudomorph; abrupt basal contact


Descriptn1:
Pebble gravel; light grey fine sand matrix; maximum intermediate diameter 15 cm; average intermediate diameter 5 cm; clasts rounded to subrounded; gravel has been extensively disturbed by cryoturbation; clasts dominated by quartzite and meta quartzite; ab

DESCRIPTN:
Pebble gravel; light grey fine sand matrix; maximum intermediate diameter 15 cm; average intermediate diameter 5 cm; clasts rounded to subrounded; gravel has been extensively disturbed by cryoturbation; clasts dominated by quartzite and meta quartzite; abrupt basal contact


Descriptn1:
Oxidized thinly bedded sand; beds are composed of cross beds that alternate between coarse and fine sand; abrupt basal contact

DESCRIPTN:
Oxidized thinly bedded sand; beds are composed of cross beds that alternate between coarse and fine sand; abrupt basal contact


Descriptn1:
Cobble, pebble gravel; maximum intermediate diameter 10 cm; average clast size 4 cm; brown pebbly granule sand matrix; clasts are imbricated and unit is crudely stratified; clasts rounded to subrounded; Abrupt basal contact

DESCRIPTN:
Cobble, pebble gravel; maximum intermediate diameter 10 cm; average clast size 4 cm; brown pebbly granule sand matrix; clasts are imbricated and unit is crudely stratified; clasts rounded to subrounded; Abrupt basal contact


Descriptn1:
Very fine to very coarse sand with organic rich lenses; interlaminated with rare irregular oxidized coarse sand lenses; thin fine sand beds anastomose around coarse sand lenses; normally magnetized; base not seen

DESCRIPTN:
Very fine to very coarse sand with organic rich lenses; interlaminated with rare irregular oxidized coarse sand lenses; thin fine sand beds anastomose around coarse sand lenses; normally magnetized; base not seen


Material:
Paleosol developed in Reid and younger pre-Reid glaciofluvial sediements; Stratified sand and gravel; alluvial sediments

Descriptn1:
Silty fine sand, massive, rare rounded pebbles, brown (10 YR); clear lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Silty fine sand, massive, rare rounded pebbles, brown (10 YR); clear lower contact


Material:
Paleosol developed in Reid and younger pre-Reid glaciofluvial sediements; Stratified sand and gravel; glaciofluvial sediments deposited during younger pre-Reid glaciations

Descriptn1:
Coarse to medium sand; laminated; moderately sorted; dark yellowish brown (10 YR); abundant rounded pebbles; rare ventifacts; abrupt lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Coarse to medium sand; laminated; moderately sorted; dark yellowish brown (10 YR); abundant rounded pebbles; rare ventifacts; abrupt lower contact


Descriptn1:
Pebble gravel, chert bearing; dark yellowish brown (10 YR); many chemically weathered clasts; base not seen

DESCRIPTN:
Pebble gravel, chert bearing; dark yellowish brown (10 YR); many chemically weathered clasts; base not seen


Descriptn1:
Silty fine sand, dark brown to dark reddish brown soil development; massive; abrupt and planar lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Silty fine sand, dark brown to dark reddish brown soil development; massive; abrupt and planar lower contact


Material:
Paleosol developed in Reid and younger pre-Reid glaciofluvial sediements; Massive to stratified silt and fine sand; primary and resedimented eolian sediments

Descriptn1:
Cobble pebble gravel; stratified; clast supported; poorly sorted; coarse sand matrix; contains rare boulders; rounded to subrounded clasts; ventifacts at upper boundary; dark brown (7.5 YR) soil development with common moderately thick clay skins on clast

Descriptn2:
s; 4 mm thick carbonate accumulations on bottom of clasts; 10% of clasts are fractured; 15% are weathered to sand; base not seen

DESCRIPTN:
Cobble pebble gravel; stratified; clast supported; poorly sorted; coarse sand matrix; contains rare boulders; rounded to subrounded clasts; ventifacts at upper boundary; dark brown (7.5 YR) soil development with common moderately thick clay skins on clasts; 4 mm thick carbonate accumulations on bottom of clasts; 10% of clasts are fractured; 15% are weathered to sand; base not seen


Descriptn1:
Cobbly rubble; massive, matrix supported (65% clasts), monolithologic; contains rare boulders, very angular; very poorly sorted; micaceous poorly sorted silty sand matrix; base not seen

DESCRIPTN:
Cobbly rubble; massive, matrix supported (65% clasts), monolithologic; contains rare boulders, very angular; very poorly sorted; micaceous poorly sorted silty sand matrix; base not seen


Descriptn1:
Silty fine sand; massive; brown to yellowish brown (10 YR); lower contact is abrupt and planar

DESCRIPTN:
Silty fine sand; massive; brown to yellowish brown (10 YR); lower contact is abrupt and planar


Sect_notes:
Overlying sediments and soil removed by mining

Descriptn1:
Interstratified silty sand and organic material; rich in black to dark brown humified organic material and contains peat and wood, most stems have oval cross section; base of unit has abundant poorly sorted sand lenses; lower contact is gradational

DESCRIPTN:
Interstratified silty sand and organic material; rich in black to dark brown humified organic material and contains peat and wood, most stems have oval cross section; base of unit has abundant poorly sorted sand lenses; lower contact is gradational


Descriptn1:
Cobble pebble gravel; weakly stratified; poorly sorted angular to subrounded clasts; poly-lithologic; clast supported, coarse sand matrix; lower contact is abrupt and planar

DESCRIPTN:
Cobble pebble gravel; weakly stratified; poorly sorted angular to subrounded clasts; poly-lithologic; clast supported, coarse sand matrix; lower contact is abrupt and planar


Descriptn1:
Interbedded fine sand and coarse sand; cross-stratified; well sorted; lower contact is abrupt and planar

DESCRIPTN:
Interbedded fine sand and coarse sand; cross-stratified; well sorted; lower contact is abrupt and planar


Descriptn1:
Organic rich silt; stratified; contains wood; wavy abrupt lower contact

DESCRIPTN:
Organic rich silt; stratified; contains wood; wavy abrupt lower contact


Descriptn1:
Weakly stratified; poorly sorted; oxidized cobble pebble gravel; angular to subrounded clasts; lower contact covered

DESCRIPTN:
Weakly stratified; poorly sorted; oxidized cobble pebble gravel; angular to subrounded clasts; lower contact covered


Descriptn1:
Cobbly pebble gravel with cross laminated coarse sand lenses; sub-angular to rounded clasts; contains several distinct boulder lags that are laterally continuous over 50 m; poorly exposed, base obscured.

DESCRIPTN:
Cobbly pebble gravel with cross laminated coarse sand lenses; sub-angular to rounded clasts; contains several distinct boulder lags that are laterally continuous over 50 m; poorly exposed, base obscured.


Descriptn1:
Silty fine sand; massive; brown (7.5 YR) to reddish yellow (5 YR); gradational lower boundary

DESCRIPTN:
Silty fine sand; massive; brown (7.5 YR) to reddish yellow (5 YR); gradational lower boundary


Descriptn1:
Paleosol developed in sandy pebble gravel; moderately thick clay skins and reddish brown (5 YR) to strong brown (7.5 YR) colours persist to a depth of 40 cm; brownish yellow (10 YR) colours dominate to base; disorganized, well rounded clasts; clasts are c

Descriptn2:
ommonly chemically and physically weathered; granitic and schistose clasts are disaggregated; rare ventifacts along upper contact; base not seen

DESCRIPTN:
Paleosol developed in sandy pebble gravel; moderately thick clay skins and reddish brown (5 YR) to strong brown (7.5 YR) colours persist to a depth of 40 cm; brownish yellow (10 YR) colours dominate to base; disorganized, well rounded clasts; clasts are commonly chemically and physically weathered; granitic and schistose clasts are disaggregated; rare ventifacts along upper contact; base not seen


Descriptn1:
Silty fine sand; brown (7.5 YR) to yellowish brown (10 YR); massive; lower contact clear and planar

DESCRIPTN:
Silty fine sand; brown (7.5 YR) to yellowish brown (10 YR); massive; lower contact clear and planar


Descriptn1:
Paleosol developed in cobble pebble gravel with dark reddish brown (5 YR) continuous moderately thick 5 YR clay skins; clasts are rounded or cracked; many disaggegated clasts; base of unit not seen

DESCRIPTN:
Paleosol developed in cobble pebble gravel with dark reddish brown (5 YR) continuous moderately thick 5 YR clay skins; clasts are rounded or cracked; many disaggegated clasts; base of unit not seen


Material:
Stratified to massive sand and gravel; non-glaciofluvial sediments, may be graded to pre-Reid outwash; modern soil

Sect_notes:
Dug pit in terrace along unnamed small tributary on Stewart River 64 m above river level at mouth of tributary

Descriptn1:
Loess with granules and ventifacted pebbles

DESCRIPTN:
Loess with granules and ventifacted pebbles


Material:
Stratified to massive sand and gravel; non-glaciofluvial sediments, may be graded to pre-Reid outwash; Paleosol developed in Reid and younger pre-Reid glaciofluvial sediments

Descriptn1:
Poorly sorted sandy gravel. Massive. Reddish brown (5YR 5/4); silt skins, related to soil formation, on top of pebbles; pebbles subrounded to subangular

DESCRIPTN:
Poorly sorted sandy gravel. Massive. Reddish brown (5YR 5/4); silt skins, related to soil formation, on top of pebbles; pebbles subrounded to subangular


Descriptn1:
Sandy pebble gravel; coarsens upward; wavy bedding; disaggregated clasts are present down to 1.7 m below the surface.

DESCRIPTN:
Sandy pebble gravel; coarsens upward; wavy bedding; disaggregated clasts are present down to 1.7 m below the surface.


Descriptn1:
Coarse micaceous sand; scattered pebbles; olive brown (2.5Y 4/4)

DESCRIPTN:
Coarse micaceous sand; scattered pebbles; olive brown (2.5Y 4/4)


Sect_notes:
N.B. Section is a composite of observations of gravel intersected in a road-cut along a road linking the mouth of Scroggie Creek with Preacher Creek. Top of section is approximately 37 m above Stewart River.


Descriptn1:
Gravel; ranges in size from 1 to 10 cm; clasts rounded to subrounded and are extensively weathered. Poorly sorted fine to coarse sand matrix. Clast lithologies dominated by quartz-mica schist but also contain chert conglomerate, milky quartz, diorite, amy

Descriptn2:
gdaloidal basalt, granitoid lithologies, gneiss, feldspar porphyry. Contact with bedrock not exposed but lowest gravel intersected by road is 4 m below uppermost exposure.

DESCRIPTN:
Gravel; ranges in size from 1 to 10 cm; clasts rounded to subrounded and are extensively weathered. Poorly sorted fine to coarse sand matrix. Clast lithologies dominated by quartz-mica schist but also contain chert conglomerate, milky quartz, diorite, amygdaloidal basalt, granitoid lithologies, gneiss, feldspar porphyry. Contact with bedrock not exposed but lowest gravel intersected by road is 4 m below uppermost exposure.


Descriptn1:
Very poorly sorted pebbly cobble gravel; clasts average 1-40 cm but average 2-5 cm; roundness ranges from subangular to rounded with >80% rounded; matrix is poorly sorted sand; upper 40 cm is extremely oxidized (paleosol) which decreases with depth; scatt

Descriptn2:
ered clasts have clay skins from soil forming processes; some crystalline clasts weathered to grus; weathering grades downward to unweathered gravel; lower contact sharp and irregular; base of gravel contains angular rip-ups of underlying bedrock; clast l

Descriptn3:
ithology dominated by metamorphic rocks but also contains a significant percentage of chert and chert conglomerate from the Selwyn Basin; mean imbrication indicates flow from the northwest (the present flow direction of Stewart River)

DESCRIPTN:
Very poorly sorted pebbly cobble gravel; clasts average 1-40 cm but average 2-5 cm; roundness ranges from subangular to rounded with >80% rounded; matrix is poorly sorted sand; upper 40 cm is extremely oxidized (paleosol) which decreases with depth; scattered clasts have clay skins from soil forming processes; some crystalline clasts weathered to grus; weathering grades downward to unweathered gravel; lower contact sharp and irregular; base of gravel contains angular rip-ups of underlying bedrock; clast lithology dominated by metamorphic rocks but also contains a significant percentage of chert and chert conglomerate from the Selwyn Basin; mean imbrication indicates flow from the northwest (the present flow direction of Stewart River)


Descriptn1:
Dark grey-green mica schist; highly fractured with quartz nodules

DESCRIPTN:
Dark grey-green mica schist; highly fractured with quartz nodules


Descriptn1:
Gravel disturbed by grading activities. Surface approximately 35 m above Barker Creek

DESCRIPTN:
Gravel disturbed by grading activities. Surface approximately 35 m above Barker Creek


Sect_notes:
Trench cut into gravel on bedrock strath 23 m above the muskeg-covered floor of Barker Creek valley; preexisting overburden has been stripped off.

Descriptn1:
Highly oxidized flaggy, crudely stratified to massive pebbly cobble gravel; clasts 2-30 cm in long dimension; clasts angular to subrounded; average long axis 8-10 cm; lithology almost entirely light and dark mica and hornblende schist, metaquartzite and m

Descriptn2:
ilky quartz; rare feldspar porphyry and aphanite clasts are also present; all lithologies occur within Barker Creek basin

DESCRIPTN:
Highly oxidized flaggy, crudely stratified to massive pebbly cobble gravel; clasts 2-30 cm in long dimension; clasts angular to subrounded; average long axis 8-10 cm; lithology almost entirely light and dark mica and hornblende schist, metaquartzite and milky quartz; rare feldspar porphyry and aphanite clasts are also present; all lithologies occur within Barker Creek basin


Descriptn1:
Crudely stratified flaggy pebbly cobble gravel; clasts 1-30 cm in longest dimension; average long dimension 8-10 cm; clasts angular to subrounded. Lithology almost entirely light and dark mica and hornblende schist, metaquartzite and milky quartz; minor p

Descriptn2:
yroxenite and weathered ultramafic clasts are also present; all lithologies occur within Barker Creek basin; clasts in the upper 1 m of the gravel deposit have clay skins from soil forming processes; clasts are predominantly imbricated to the west; gravel

Descriptn3:
is poorly exposed due to slumping of this former placer mine head wall

DESCRIPTN:
Crudely stratified flaggy pebbly cobble gravel; clasts 1-30 cm in longest dimension; average long dimension 8-10 cm; clasts angular to subrounded. Lithology almost entirely light and dark mica and hornblende schist, metaquartzite and milky quartz; minor pyroxenite and weathered ultramafic clasts are also present; all lithologies occur within Barker Creek basin; clasts in the upper 1 m of the gravel deposit have clay skins from soil forming processes; clasts are predominantly imbricated to the west; gravel is poorly exposed due to slumping of this former placer mine head wall


Sect_notes:
Wall of placer mine excavation in valley floor to Frisco Creek valley

Descriptn1:
Angular rocky colluvial diamicton, silty matrix

DESCRIPTN:
Angular rocky colluvial diamicton, silty matrix


Descriptn1:
Frozen, laminated organic and inorganic silt; contains thin lenses of rusty sand; laminations are contorted by the growth of segregated ice lenses.

DESCRIPTN:
Frozen, laminated organic and inorganic silt; contains thin lenses of rusty sand; laminations are contorted by the growth of segregated ice lenses.


Descriptn1:
Angular bouldery gravel; peddle micaceous sand matrix; contains coarse placer gold

DESCRIPTN:
Angular bouldery gravel; peddle micaceous sand matrix; contains coarse placer gold


Sect_notes:
N.B. One of several sections measured at a placer mine at Eddas Bench by D.G. Froese (Jackson et al. 2002) along Thistle Creek; this section is the simplest succession of units of resedimented loess found; adjacent sections are complicated by deformation

Descriptn1:
Organic-rich silt with abundant tree trunks and branches and rare gastropod shells; abrupt basal contact

DESCRIPTN:
Organic-rich silt with abundant tree trunks and branches and rare gastropod shells; abrupt basal contact


Descriptn1:
Discontinuous pods of tephra at 1.2 m (probably Sheep Creek tephra ca. 190 ka, Berger et al. 1996). Massive silt. Contains ice-wedge casts; abrupt basal contact.

DESCRIPTN:
Discontinuous pods of tephra at 1.2 m (probably Sheep Creek tephra ca. 190 ka, Berger et al. 1996). Massive silt. Contains ice-wedge casts; abrupt basal contact.


Descriptn1:
Organic-rich silt; abundant tree trunks and branches; gastropod shells common throughout unit; abrupt basal contact

DESCRIPTN:
Organic-rich silt; abundant tree trunks and branches; gastropod shells common throughout unit; abrupt basal contact


Descriptn1:
Organic rich silt with abundant tree trunks and branches and rare gastropod shells; contains numerous ice wedge cast and abundant evidence of permafrost thaw; articulated skeleton of ground squirrel found within unit. Tephra present at 8 m; abrupt basal c

DESCRIPTN:
Organic rich silt with abundant tree trunks and branches and rare gastropod shells; contains numerous ice wedge cast and abundant evidence of permafrost thaw; articulated skeleton of ground squirrel found within unit. Tephra present at 8 m; abrupt basal contact.


Descriptn1:
Weathered schist-rich gold placer gravel. Primary sedimentary structures are not recognizable due to extensive weathering of schist clasts; contains placer gold

DESCRIPTN:
Weathered schist-rich gold placer gravel. Primary sedimentary structures are not recognizable due to extensive weathering of schist clasts; contains placer gold


Descriptn1:
Schist, largely disaggregated or weathered to clay

DESCRIPTN:
Schist, largely disaggregated or weathered to clay


Descriptn1:
Fine sand; thickly bedded; significant organic content, which increases with depth and imparts a brown colour to the sand; contains local lenses of sandy pebble gravel; Gradational contact.

DESCRIPTN:
Fine sand; thickly bedded; significant organic content, which increases with depth and imparts a brown colour to the sand; contains local lenses of sandy pebble gravel; Gradational contact.


Descriptn1:
Angular gravel, deposited in an alluvial fan which ponded Kirkman Creek resulting in the deposition of the overlying sand; hip bone of mammoth (Mammuthus sp.) and mountain sheep (Ovis sp.). Undulatory contact.

DESCRIPTN:
Angular gravel, deposited in an alluvial fan which ponded Kirkman Creek resulting in the deposition of the overlying sand; hip bone of mammoth (Mammuthus sp.) and mountain sheep (Ovis sp.). Undulatory contact.


Descriptn1:
Oxidized cobble gravel; massive; sandy pebble gravel matrix; maximum clast intermediate diameter 30 cm; mean diameter 15 cm; clast subrounded to round; Abrupt contact

DESCRIPTN:
Oxidized cobble gravel; massive; sandy pebble gravel matrix; maximum clast intermediate diameter 30 cm; mean diameter 15 cm; clast subrounded to round; Abrupt contact


Descriptn1:
Imbricated oxidized cobble, pebble gravel; crudely stratified; maximum intermediate diameter 20 cm but mean diameter is approximately 5 cm; clast subrounded to rounded; Abrupt contact

DESCRIPTN:
Imbricated oxidized cobble, pebble gravel; crudely stratified; maximum intermediate diameter 20 cm but mean diameter is approximately 5 cm; clast subrounded to rounded; Abrupt contact


Descriptn1:
Strongly oxidized sandy pebble gravel; massive; maximum clast size 2 cm; clasts subangular to subrounded

DESCRIPTN:
Strongly oxidized sandy pebble gravel; massive; maximum clast size 2 cm; clasts subangular to subrounded


Descriptn1:
Crudely stratified pebble and cobble gravel; scattered sand lenses and angular blocks of schist; beds 30 to 60 cm in thickness; Gradational basal contact

DESCRIPTN:
Crudely stratified pebble and cobble gravel; scattered sand lenses and angular blocks of schist; beds 30 to 60 cm in thickness; Gradational basal contact


Descriptn1:
Cobble, boulder gravel; sandy pebble gravel matrix; mean clast size approximately 30 cm; maximum intermediate clast diameter 70 cm; matrix extremely oxidized; clasts angular to subrounded

DESCRIPTN:
Cobble, boulder gravel; sandy pebble gravel matrix; mean clast size approximately 30 cm; maximum intermediate clast diameter 70 cm; matrix extremely oxidized; clasts angular to subrounded


Sect_notes:
Dug pit in extensive pre-Reid outwash terrace

Descriptn1:
Loess mixed with pebbles up to 4 cm in size; strong brown (7.5YR 4/6)

DESCRIPTN:
Loess mixed with pebbles up to 4 cm in size; strong brown (7.5YR 4/6)


Material:
Stratified sand and gravel; glaciofluvial sediments deposited during older pre-Reid glaciations; Paleosol developed in late Pliocene to early Pleistocene glaciofluvial and non-glacial sediments

Descriptn1:
Poorly sorted pebble gravel; clasts subrounded; up to 10 cm in size; pebbles have clay skins from soil forming processes and are extensively weathered; reddish brown (5YR 5/4); horizontally stratified; scoured basal contact

DESCRIPTN:
Poorly sorted pebble gravel; clasts subrounded; up to 10 cm in size; pebbles have clay skins from soil forming processes and are extensively weathered; reddish brown (5YR 5/4); horizontally stratified; scoured basal contact


Descriptn1:
Open work pebble gravel (0.5 - 2 cm); normally graded; clay skins on tops; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6)

DESCRIPTN:
Open work pebble gravel (0.5 - 2 cm); normally graded; clay skins on tops; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6)


Descriptn1:
Clast supported cobble gravel; coarse sand and granule matrix; clay skins on pebble and cobble tops and sides; strong brown colour; open work gravel lens at base

DESCRIPTN:
Clast supported cobble gravel; coarse sand and granule matrix; clay skins on pebble and cobble tops and sides; strong brown colour; open work gravel lens at base


Descriptn1:
Pebble gravel; maximum size 8 cm; silts skins on clast tops and sides; colour change to yellowish brown (10YR 5/6)

DESCRIPTN:
Pebble gravel; maximum size 8 cm; silts skins on clast tops and sides; colour change to yellowish brown (10YR 5/6)


Descriptn1:
Cobble gravel; subrounded clasts; coarse sand to granule matrix. Crude imbrication indicates stream flow from the east.

DESCRIPTN:
Cobble gravel; subrounded clasts; coarse sand to granule matrix. Crude imbrication indicates stream flow from the east.


Sect_notes:
Terrace 42m above the floor of Rosebud Creek Valley


Descriptn1:
Cobble pebble gravel; in addition to clasts composed of metamorphic and plutonic lithologies known to occur in the Rosebud Creek basin, gravel also contains pebbles of chert and chert pebble conglomerate from the Selwyn basin in east central Yukon; strong

DESCRIPTN:
Cobble pebble gravel; in addition to clasts composed of metamorphic and plutonic lithologies known to occur in the Rosebud Creek basin, gravel also contains pebbles of chert and chert pebble conglomerate from the Selwyn basin in east central Yukon; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) colour.


Descriptn1:
Olivine basalt flow; approximately 6 m of columns overlie 5 m of flaggy entablature; basalt is normally magnetized; Ar-Ar radiometric age of 2.69 ± 0.04 Ma; base of flow covered by talus; lowest exposure of basalt is 31 m above Rosebud Creek

DESCRIPTN:
Olivine basalt flow; approximately 6 m of columns overlie 5 m of flaggy entablature; basalt is normally magnetized; Ar-Ar radiometric age of 2.69 ± 0.04 Ma; base of flow covered by talus; lowest exposure of basalt is 31 m above Rosebud Creek


Descriptn1:
Sandy to silty, crudely stratified cobble, pebble gravel; the upper 1 m is deeply weathered; only metaquartzite clasts remain intact; all other lithologies are disaggregated or altered to clay; below 1 m, clasts are subangular to subrounded; clasts are ma

Descriptn2:
de up of pyroxenite, felsic plutonic and felsic hypabysssal lithologies and metaquartzite (quartz schist); all are found in the present Walhalla Creek basin; rare pebbles of red and green chert pebble conglomerate are present and indicate a past influence

Descriptn3:
of an early Cordilleran Ice Sheet in the Walhalla Creek basin

DESCRIPTN:
Sandy to silty, crudely stratified cobble, pebble gravel; the upper 1 m is deeply weathered; only metaquartzite clasts remain intact; all other lithologies are disaggregated or altered to clay; below 1 m, clasts are subangular to subrounded; clasts are made up of pyroxenite, felsic plutonic and felsic hypabysssal lithologies and metaquartzite (quartz schist); all are found in the present Walhalla Creek basin; rare pebbles of red and green chert pebble conglomerate are present and indicate a past influence of an early Cordilleran Ice Sheet in the Walhalla Creek basin


Material:
Paleosol developed in Reid and younger pre-Reid glaciofluvial sediments

Descriptn1:
Five stratified paleosols; A and B horizons developed in eolian silt; dry Munsell colours range from 10YR 3/4 (dark brown) to 10YR 5/8 (yellowish brown)

DESCRIPTN:
Five stratified paleosols; A and B horizons developed in eolian silt; dry Munsell colours range from 10YR 3/4 (dark brown) to 10YR 5/8 (yellowish brown)


Descriptn1:
Fine sand; cut by an ice-wedge pseudomorph; lower contact not visible; 22m of gravel as below; largely slumped over

DESCRIPTN:
Fine sand; cut by an ice-wedge pseudomorph; lower contact not visible; 22m of gravel as below; largely slumped over


Descriptn1:
22 m of gravel as below; largely slumped over

DESCRIPTN:
22 m of gravel as below; largely slumped over


Sect_notes:
Exposure in trench cut into a bench approximately 40 m above Sestak Creek; access via a road from valley floor to an abandoned air strip on flat-topped ridge to the north

Descriptn1:
Colluvium consisting of stony, silty sand and organic debris

DESCRIPTN:
Colluvium consisting of stony, silty sand and organic debris


Descriptn1:
Crudely stratified to massive, oxidized muddy cobble, pebble gravel; grades downward into unoxidized gravel; clasts are predominantly gneiss, schist, milky quartz; about 14% of clasts, apparently volcanic, are too weathered to be positively identified

DESCRIPTN:
Crudely stratified to massive, oxidized muddy cobble, pebble gravel; grades downward into unoxidized gravel; clasts are predominantly gneiss, schist, milky quartz; about 14% of clasts, apparently volcanic, are too weathered to be positively identified


Descriptn1:
Gravel as above but unoxidized; clasts are locally extensively disaggregated; white colour and disaggregation of clasts is similar to the White Channel gravel in the Klondike Placer District; base not seen

DESCRIPTN:
Gravel as above but unoxidized; clasts are locally extensively disaggregated; white colour and disaggregation of clasts is similar to the White Channel gravel in the Klondike Placer District; base not seen


Material:
Paleosol developed in late Pliocene to early Pleistocene glaciofluvial and non-glacial sediments; Basalt and basalt breccia


Sect_notes:
Excavation into fan at the mouth of Dome Creek, a tributary to Black Hills Creek

Descriptn1:
Imbricated bouldery cobble gravel; sandy pebble matrix; boulders range up to 80 cm in long dimension; clasts are schist, migmatite, meta quartzite, and andesite porphyry; all lithologies occur upstream in the Dome Creek basin; Depositional contact

DESCRIPTN:
Imbricated bouldery cobble gravel; sandy pebble matrix; boulders range up to 80 cm in long dimension; clasts are schist, migmatite, meta quartzite, and andesite porphyry; all lithologies occur upstream in the Dome Creek basin; Depositional contact


Descriptn1:
Covered by slumped sediment; base of gravel not seen

DESCRIPTN:
Covered by slumped sediment; base of gravel not seen


Material:
Paleosol developed in Reid and younger pre-Reid glaciofluvial sediments; Massive to stratified silt and fine sand; primary and resedimented eolian sediments


Material:
Paleosol developed in Reid and younger pre-Reid glaciofluvial sediments; Massive to stratified diamicton; colluvial sediments (may locally date to Middle Pleistocene)

Descriptn1:
Colluvium composed of interstratified clast supported gravel and colluvial diamicton; clasts are angular to subangular and are domiated by quartzite and schist; clasts range up to 18 cm; all lithologies are locally derived; two buried soils are present in

Descriptn2:
the succession; soil colours are as intense as reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4)

DESCRIPTN:
Colluvium composed of interstratified clast supported gravel and colluvial diamicton; clasts are angular to subangular and are domiated by quartzite and schist; clasts range up to 18 cm; all lithologies are locally derived; two buried soils are present in the succession; soil colours are as intense as reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4)


Descriptn1:
Biotite, muscovite, quartz, feldspar schist

DESCRIPTN:
Biotite, muscovite, quartz, feldspar schist


Sect_notes:
2 m deep exploration trench cut into fluvial terrace gravel 16 m above the floor of Black Hills Creek valley


Descriptn1:
Cobble, pebble gravel; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) coarse sand matrix; maximum intermediate clast dimensions up to 20 cm; throughout the section, pebble and cobble clasts commonly have clay skins from soil forming processes; clasts composed of metaqua

Descriptn2:
rtzite, schist, milky quartz and andesite which all occur in the basin of Black Hills Creek

DESCRIPTN:
Cobble, pebble gravel; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) coarse sand matrix; maximum intermediate clast dimensions up to 20 cm; throughout the section, pebble and cobble clasts commonly have clay skins from soil forming processes; clasts composed of metaquartzite, schist, milky quartz and andesite which all occur in the basin of Black Hills Creek


Material:
Modern soil; Stratified sand and gravel; alluvial sediments

Sect_notes:
4 m high northeast trending road cut through an alluvial fan; beds apparently dip to the northeast


Material:
Paleosol developed in late Pliocene to early Pleistocene glaciofluvial and non-glacial sediments; Stratified to massive sand and gravel; non-glaciofluvial sediments, may be graded to pre-Reid outwash

Descriptn1:
Disagreggated gravel; almost entirely reduced to sand with the exception of a few core stones

DESCRIPTN:
Disagreggated gravel; almost entirely reduced to sand with the exception of a few core stones


Descriptn1:
Gradational interval between disaggregated and intact gravelly sediment

DESCRIPTN:
Gradational interval between disaggregated and intact gravelly sediment


Descriptn1:
Cobble, pebble gravel; sandy matrix; clasts are strongly imbricated; clay skins from soil forming processes are present down to contact with underlying bedrock; all lithologies noted in the gravel are present within Black Hills Creek basin; schist clasts

Descriptn2:
are commonly completely disaggregated to bedrock contact

DESCRIPTN:
Cobble, pebble gravel; sandy matrix; clasts are strongly imbricated; clay skins from soil forming processes are present down to contact with underlying bedrock; all lithologies noted in the gravel are present within Black Hills Creek basin; schist clasts are commonly completely disaggregated to bedrock contact


Material:
Massive to stratified silt and fine sand;primary and resedimented eolian sediments

Descriptn1:
Thinly bedded to laminated grey silt; scattered thin beds and lenses of peaty silt and angular Fe and Mn stained rusty pebbly sand; pebbles angular; charcoal and woody detritus within the lower 10 cm of section; Abrupt contact

DESCRIPTN:
Thinly bedded to laminated grey silt; scattered thin beds and lenses of peaty silt and angular Fe and Mn stained rusty pebbly sand; pebbles angular; charcoal and woody detritus within the lower 10 cm of section; Abrupt contact


Descriptn1:
Alternating beds of dark grey peaty silt, light grey silt, rusty medium sand and grey silty sand; local beds of sandy pebble gravel; pebbles composed of milky quartz, metaquartzite and quartz mica schist which occur in Black Hills Creek basin

DESCRIPTN:
Alternating beds of dark grey peaty silt, light grey silt, rusty medium sand and grey silty sand; local beds of sandy pebble gravel; pebbles composed of milky quartz, metaquartzite and quartz mica schist which occur in Black Hills Creek basin


Descriptn1:
Pebbly cobble gravel; sandy pebble gravel matrix; clasts range to 20 cm in intermediate diameter; clasts subangular to subrounded; generally massive with scattered lenses of sandy pebble gravel; all lithologies derived from Black Hills Creek basin; locall

Descriptn2:
y highly disturbed by cryoturbation; colour ranges from grey to red or black where Fe and Mn have been precipitated; Abrupt contact

DESCRIPTN:
Pebbly cobble gravel; sandy pebble gravel matrix; clasts range to 20 cm in intermediate diameter; clasts subangular to subrounded; generally massive with scattered lenses of sandy pebble gravel; all lithologies derived from Black Hills Creek basin; locally highly disturbed by cryoturbation; colour ranges from grey to red or black where Fe and Mn have been precipitated; Abrupt contact


Descriptn1:
Well sorted pebble gravel with granule matrix; horizontally stratified; cobble layer with clasts up to 12 cm at a depth of 150 cm; marked scoured contact at 80 cm below the surface

DESCRIPTN:
Well sorted pebble gravel with granule matrix; horizontally stratified; cobble layer with clasts up to 12 cm at a depth of 150 cm; marked scoured contact at 80 cm below the surface


Descriptn1:
Partly frozen brown silty clay to sandy silt; base not seen

DESCRIPTN:
Partly frozen brown silty clay to sandy silt; base not seen


Descriptn1:
Loess; upper 20 cm strong brown (7.5YR 4/6); contains scattered ventifacts; lower 10 cm olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) with pebbles

DESCRIPTN:
Loess; upper 20 cm strong brown (7.5YR 4/6); contains scattered ventifacts; lower 10 cm olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) with pebbles


Descriptn1:
Stratified sandy pebble gravel and well sorted medium to very coarse sand

DESCRIPTN:
Stratified sandy pebble gravel and well sorted medium to very coarse sand


Descriptn1:
Cobbly pebble gravel; imbrication indicated paleo flow from the northeast

DESCRIPTN:
Cobbly pebble gravel; imbrication indicated paleo flow from the northeast


Descriptn1:
Stratified openwork pebble gravel and cobble gravel with poorly sorted matrix; clasts up to 10 cm in size; silt skins on clasts

DESCRIPTN:
Stratified openwork pebble gravel and cobble gravel with poorly sorted matrix; clasts up to 10 cm in size; silt skins on clasts


Descriptn1:
Clast-supported pebble gravel; scattered open work lenses; imbrication indicates paleo flow from the northeast

DESCRIPTN:
Clast-supported pebble gravel; scattered open work lenses; imbrication indicates paleo flow from the northeast


Sect_notes:
Situated on terrace approximately 120 m above Stewart River

Descriptn1:
Silt (loess); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/5); contains polished and pitted wind sculpted pebbles (ventifacts)

DESCRIPTN:
Silt (loess); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/5); contains polished and pitted wind sculpted pebbles (ventifacts)


Descriptn1:
Cryoturbated weathered, muddy pebbles gravel cut by several generations of sand wedges or sandy ice wedge casts; gravel ranges from brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) to yellow (5Y 7/6); scattered clasts are disaggregated; clasts average 2.5 cm with less than 5%

Descriptn2:
up to 10 cm; axis of clast is commonly vertically oriented; clasts are all the same locally derived lithology; base of gravel not seen

DESCRIPTN:
Cryoturbated weathered, muddy pebbles gravel cut by several generations of sand wedges or sandy ice wedge casts; gravel ranges from brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) to yellow (5Y 7/6); scattered clasts are disaggregated; clasts average 2.5 cm with less than 5% up to 10 cm; axis of clast is commonly vertically oriented; clasts are all the same locally derived lithology; base of gravel not seen


Descriptn1:
Cobbly, sandy gravel and sand exposed in a cliff bank cut into a terrace along Yukon River; largely covered by colluvium; a prominent line of large boulders up to 2 m in length occurs 3-4 m above the river level; boulders include fresh vesicular basalt, g

DESCRIPTN:
Cobbly, sandy gravel and sand exposed in a cliff bank cut into a terrace along Yukon River; largely covered by colluvium; a prominent line of large boulders up to 2 m in length occurs 3-4 m above the river level; boulders include fresh vesicular basalt, greenstone and gneiss


# surficial_lines

ORIGNL_MAP:
Huscroft, 2002, Cripple Creek, GSC Open File 4346

OLD_TYPE:
lineaments (fault, fracture, joint system)

OLD_SUBTYPE:
linear drainage courses, aligned gaps in ridges, or aligned breaks in bedrock slopes


TYPE:
meltwater channel, minor, flow direction known


ORIGNL_MAP:
Huscroft, 2002, Britannia Creek, GSC Open File 4345


ORIGNL_MAP:
Huscroft, 2002, Coffee Creek, GSC Open File 4344


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Ladue Creek, GSC Open File 4573


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Ladue River, GSC Open File 4574


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Crag Mountain, GSC Open File 4579


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson & Rotheisler, 2002, Pyroxene Mountain, GSC Open File 4347


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson & Huscroft, 2002, Scroggie Creek, GSC Open File 4348


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson & Huscroft, 2002, Thistle Creek, GSC Open File 4349


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Enchantment Creek, GSC Open File 4580


ORIGNL_MAP:
Froese & Jackson, 2005, Australia Mountain, GSC  Open File 4586


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Reindeer Mountain, GSC Open File 4588


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Borden Creek, GSC Open File 4578


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Matson Creek, GSC Open File 4577


ORIGNL_MAP:
Froese & Jackson, 2005, Granville, GSC Open File 4587


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005,  Black Hills Creek, GSC Open File 4584


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Excelsior Creek, GSC Open File 4582


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Rosebud Creek, GSC Open File 4585


TYPE:
meltwater channel, minor, flow direction unknown


ORIGNL_MAP:
Froese, 2005, Flat Creek, GSC Open File 4592


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, Morison & Mougeot, 2005, Garner Creek, GSC Open File 4590


ORIGNL_MAP:
Froese & Jackson, 2005, Grand Forks, GSC Open File 4591


ORIGNL_MAP:
Froese, 2005, Medrick Creek, GSC Open File 4593


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Los Angeles Creek, GSC Open File 4581


OLD_SUBTYPE:
created by widespread landslide movement in drift


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Rice Creek, GSC Open File 4575


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Marion Creek, GSC Open File 4576


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Stewart River, GSC Open File 4583


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, Morison & Mougeot, 2005, Ogilvie, GSC Open File 4589


# surficial_points

ORIGNL_MAP:
Huscroft, 2002, Cripple Creek, GSC Open File 4346


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson & Rotheisler, 2002, Pyroxene Mountain, GSC Open File 4347


ORIGNL_MAP:
Huscroft, 2002, Coffee Creek, GSC Open File 4344


ORIGNL_MAP:
Huscroft, 2002, Britannia Creek, GSC Open File 4345


TYPE:
streamlined landform, ice-flow direction unknown


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson & Huscroft, 2002, Scroggie Creek, GSC Open File 4348


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson & Huscroft, 2002, Thistle Creek, GSC Open File 4349


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Crag Mountain, GSC Open File 4579


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Enchantment Creek, GSC Open File 4580


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Ladue Creek, GSC Open File 4573


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Ladue River, GSC Open File 4574


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Rice Creek, GSC Open File 4575


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Borden Creek, GSC Open File 4578


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Marion Creek, GSC Open File 4576


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Reindeer Mountain, GSC Open File 4588


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, Morison & Mougeot, 2005, Ogilvie, GSC Open File 4589


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, Morison & Mougeot, 2005, Garner Creek, GSC Open File 4590


ORIGNL_MAP:
Froese & Jackson, 2005, Grand Forks, GSC Open File 4591


ORIGNL_MAP:
Froese, 2005, Flat Creek, GSC Open File 4592


ORIGNL_MAP:
Froese, 2005, Medrick Creek, GSC Open File 4593


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Matson Creek, GSC Open File 4577


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Stewart River, GSC Open File 4583


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Los Angeles Creek, GSC Open File 4581


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Excelsior Creek, GSC Open File 4582


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005,  Black Hills Creek, GSC Open File 4584


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Rosebud Creek, GSC Open File 4585


ORIGNL_MAP:
Froese & Jackson, 2005, Australia Mountain, GSC  Open File 4586


ORIGNL_MAP:
Froese & Jackson, 2005, Granville, GSC Open File 4587


# surficial_polygons

ORIGNL_MAP:
Froese, 2005, Flat Creek, GSC Open File 4592


COMMENTS:
unit Af overlying unit GtR; colour and unit description from the latter


ORIGNL_MAP:
Froese, 2005, Medrick Creek, GSC Open File 4593


COMMENTS:
unit Cb-v overlying unit R; colour and unit description from the latter


ORIGNL_MAP:
Froese & Jackson, 2005, Grand Forks, GSC Open File 4591


COMMENTS:
unit CEaP overlying unit Ax; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit CEaP overlying unit m; colour and unit description from the latter


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, Morison & Mougeot, 2005, Garner Creek, GSC Open File 4590


COMMENTS:
unit Cx overlying unit AtT; colour and unit description from the latter


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Enchantment Creek, GSC Open File 4580


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Matson Creek, GSC Open File 4577


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, Morison & Mougeot, 2005, Ogilvie, GSC Open File 4589


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Reindeer Mountain, GSC Open File 4588


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Crag Mountain, GSC Open File 4579


COMMENTS:
unit Af overlying unit AtT; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit CEaP overlying unit AfP; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit Cx overlying unit GtPR; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit CEaP overlying unit AtT; colour and unit description from the latter


ORIGNL_MAP:
Froese & Jackson, 2005, Australia Mountain, GSC  Open File 4586


COMMENTS:
unit Af overlying unit GtPR; colour and unit description from the latter


ORIGNL_MAP:
Froese & Jackson, 2005, Granville, GSC Open File 4587


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Borden Creek, GSC Open File 4578


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Stewart River, GSC Open File 4583


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005,  Black Hills Creek, GSC Open File 4584


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Marion Creek, GSC Open File 4576


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Excelsior Creek, GSC Open File 4582


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Rice Creek, GSC Open File 4575


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Rosebud Creek, GSC Open File 4585


COMMENTS:
unit AfP overlying unit GtPR; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit Cx overlying unit AtP; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit Ax overlying unit AtP; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit CEaP overlying unit GtPR; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit AfP overlying unit AtP; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit AfP overlying unit PT; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit Af overlying unit AtP; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit CEaP overlying unit PT; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit AfP overlying unit AtT; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit Ax overlying unit AtT; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit CEaP overlying unit ACxP; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit Af overlying unit Af; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit CEaP overlying unit AtP; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit GtPR overlying unit LuPR; colour and unit description from the latter


ORIGNL_MAP:
Huscroft, 2002, Britannia Creek, GSC Open File 4345


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson & Huscroft, 2002, Thistle Creek, GSC Open File 4349


ORIGNL_MAP:
Huscroft, 2002, Cripple Creek, GSC Open File 4346


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson & Rotheisler, 2002, Pyroxene Mountain, GSC Open File 4347


COMMENTS:
unit ACxP overlying unit AtT; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit Cb-v overlying unit GtPR; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit Af overlying unit PT; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit CEaP overlying unit Af; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit Cx overlying unit PT; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit Cb overlying unit AtT; colour and unit description from the latter


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson & Huscroft, 2002, Scroggie Creek, GSC Open File 4348


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Ladue River, GSC Open File 4574


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Ladue Creek, GSC Open File 4573


ORIGNL_MAP:
Jackson, 2005, Los Angeles Creek, GSC Open File 4581


COMMENTS:
unit Cb overlying unit GtPR; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit Af overlying unit AtPR; colour and unit description from the latter


ORIGNL_MAP:
Huscroft, 2002, Coffee Creek, GSC Open File 4344


COMMENTS:
unit ACxP overlying unit AtP; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit ACxP overlying unit GtPR; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit Ca overlying unit AtT; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit Cx overlying unit AtPR; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit CEaP overlying unit AtPR; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit CEaP overlying unit DPR; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit Cx overlying unit VT; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit GtPR overlying unit VT; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit EbP overlying unit Cx; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit Cx overlying unit AfP; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit ACxP overlying unit AtPR; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit CEaP overlying unit Cx; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit CP overlying unit GtPR; colour and unit description from the latter


COMMENTS:
unit Cx overlying unit GtR; colour and unit description from the latter


