Data set "Yukon-AK 2004 soils data (Lost Chicken).xls" consists of Pliocene Rego Humic Gleysol (peaty) data from the Lost Chicken Mine site.
The Lost Chicken Mine, a placer gold mine in eastern Alaska, approximately 120 km west of Dawson City, Yukon, is an important fossil locality for the late Pliocene (approximately 2.5 – 3.0 million years ago). A comprehensive account of the stratigraphy and paleontology of this site was given by:
Matthews, J.V., Jr., J.A. Westgate, L. Ovenden, L.D. Carter, and T. Fouch. 2003. Stratigraphy, fossils, and age of sediments at the upper pit of the Lost Chicken gold mine: new information on the late Pliocene environment of east central Alaska. Quaternary Research 60: 9-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0033-5894(03)00087-5
Dr. Paul Sanborn visited the site on July 20, 2004, as part of a group led by Duane Froese (Professor, University of Alberta). The group concentrated on a single exposure (~ 2 m thick) straddling the Lost Chicken tephra, a volcanic ash bed (2.9 ± 0.4 myr) which is a major stratigraphic marker at the site. Sanborn described, photographed, and sampled this exposure, and obtained a basic set of characterization data. Intact samples were collected but thin sections were never produced.
Photograph depicts scientists Paul Sanborn and Rene Barendregt (U Lethbridge) working at the Norman Range site.
Photograph depicts scientists Alejandra Duk-Rodkin (GSC) and Rene Barendregt (U Lethbridge) working at the Norman Range site.
Photograph depicts scientists Alejandra Duk-Rodkin (GSC) and Rene Barendregt (U Lethbridge) working at the Norman Range site.
Photograph depicts the Mackenzie Valley and the Franklin Mountains.
Photograph depicts the Mackenzie Valley and the Franklin Mountains.
Photograph depicts the Mackenzie Valley and the Franklin Mountains.
Photograph depicts the Mackenzie Valley and the Franklin Mountains. Pipeline is visible.
Photograph depicts the Mackenzie Valley and the Franklin Mountains. Pipeline is visible.
