Sedimentology of White Channel Placer Deposits, Klondike, West Central Yukon
The White Channel placer deposit in the Klondike area is a Pliocene to early Pleistocene braid plain sequence with tributary alluvial fan and gravity flow deposits.
Lithofacies types range from laminated silt and clay to massive and disorganized boulder gravel. A total of 14 lithofacies types have been identified with cryogenic features such as ice wedge casts found in the upper half of the White Channel section. Dominant lithofacies types include distinctly stratified and crudely stratified gravel which is clast-supported and matrix-filled. An alteration product is recognizable in both White Channel sediments and underlying bedrock.
Proximal White Channel sedimentation is characterized by interbedded channel sequences deposited under fluctuating, high discharge and flood conditions. Medial to distal positions are dominantly sequences of low relief unit barforms and channel lag deposits. Sorting and stratification improves up-section, and facies trends are not consistent. Deposition of White Channel sediments in valley margin positions is characterized by gravelly mass flows which are interbedded with stratified fluvial sediments.
Placer gold is found in all of the White Channel gravelly facies sampled. Concentration of gold in proximal gravelly facies is due to the development of convergent flow in shallow channels during peak discharge intervals. In medial to distal positions, heavy minerals are concentrated in channel sluiceways and aggraded unit bars. Convergent flow in sluiceways between unit bars is not as susceptible to fluctuating discharge levels, and as a result, sorting and concentration mechanisms are more efficient up-section. Gold is also concentrated in gravelly mass flow deposits through shear and suspension sorting.
A copy of this thesis is available at the EMR library – TN414.C32 Y87 1985.
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Sedimentology of White Channel Placer Deposits, Klondike, West Central Yukon |
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The White Channel placer deposit in the Klondike area is a Pliocene to early Pleistocene braid plain sequence with tributary alluvial fan and gravity flow deposits. Lithofacies types range from laminated silt and clay to massive and disorganized boulder gravel. A total of 14 lithofacies types have been identified with cryogenic features such as ice wedge casts found in the upper half of the White Channel section. Dominant lithofacies types include distinctly stratified and crudely stratified gravel which is clast-supported and matrix-filled. An alteration product is recognizable in both White Channel sediments and underlying bedrock. Proximal White Channel sedimentation is characterized by interbedded channel sequences deposited under fluctuating, high discharge and flood conditions. Medial to distal positions are dominantly sequences of low relief unit barforms and channel lag deposits. Sorting and stratification improves up-section, and facies trends are not consistent. Deposition of White Channel sediments in valley margin positions is characterized by gravelly mass flows which are interbedded with stratified fluvial sediments. Placer gold is found in all of the White Channel gravelly facies sampled. Concentration of gold in proximal gravelly facies is due to the development of convergent flow in shallow channels during peak discharge intervals. In medial to distal positions, heavy minerals are concentrated in channel sluiceways and aggraded unit bars. Convergent flow in sluiceways between unit bars is not as susceptible to fluctuating discharge levels, and as a result, sorting and concentration mechanisms are more efficient up-section. Gold is also concentrated in gravelly mass flow deposits through shear and suspension sorting. A copy of this thesis is available at the EMR library – TN414.C32 Y87 1985. |
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