HOT

HOT is a Yukon Quartz Claim (ID: q-166542, Claim Number: 3) located in the Dawson Mining District. Under the Quartz Mining Act RSY 2002 c.185, this claim was staked June 2, 1979 and is currently held by AGNICO EAGLE MINES LIMITED - 100%. The 31-day recording deadline applies from the date of staking. Annual work requirements or cash-in-lieu payments are filed with the Yukon Mining Recorder.

The Dawson Mining District encompasses the Klondike goldfields — the most famous placer gold occurrence on Earth. Since George Carmack's discovery on Rabbit Creek (renamed Bonanza Creek) on August 16, 1896, the Klondike has produced an estimated 20 million troy ounces of placer gold. Active commercial placer operations continue on Bonanza, Eldorado, Hunker, and Dominion Creeks under Yukon Placer Mining Act RSY 2002 c.171 leases. The Dawson City Mining Recorder's Office handles all claim registrations. Modern operations use high-pressure monitors, bulldozers, and sluice plants on ground that has been worked multiple times since the original rush.

The nearest mapped access corridor, osm:1179618677 (mapped access route), lies 8.9 miles from this claim's centroid. off-road vehicle clearance is required. Vehicle staging is feasible along the route shoulder before the final approach on foot.