The industrial minerals and minor metals are reviewed alphabetically. Where applicable, information has been included on mineral types, uses, deposit characteristics, mining methods, producers, market specification, prices, Canadian deposits and Yukon occurrences.
Comments are also made on the likelihood of the discovery of Yukon deposits and the potential for their development.
Industrial minerals and minor metals which have been identified as deserving more attention in the Yukon are grouped as follows::
Group 1: Industrial mineral deposits known to occur in the Yukon which could be developed given a likely change in market conditions. barite
Group 2: Industrial minerals and minor metals which are presently known to occur in the Yukon in uneconomic amounts, but for which there is a reasonable chance of discovering economically viable deposits. Cassiterite, fluorspar, gypsum, jade, nepheline syenite, olivine, phosphates, rare earths, talc.
Group 3: Industrial minerals which, though presently unknown in the Yukon, could be expected to occur, and which command a high enough price to encourage exploration. Celestite, china clay (kaolin), cryolite, diamonds, lascas
Group 4: Industrial minerals and rocks for which baseline studies and inventories are needed to assess the potential for development or improve their present exploitation.
Dimension stone, lime, peat, sand and gravel