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Late Wisconsinan McConnell ice-flow and sediment distribution patterns in...
Late Wisconsinan McConnell glaciation (ca. 24-11 ka) occurred in four phases in the Pelly Mountains of southern Yukon. Phase 1 marked the onset of ice accumulation in cirques...Date de mise à jour: 2026-05-14Date de création: 2011-04-04Éditeur: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Post-mining hydrogeochemical conditions, Brewery Creek gold deposit, central Yukon
A reconnaissance-level study of post-mining hydrogeochemical conditions was carried out at the Brewery Creek gold deposit within the Tintina Gold Province. The deposit is...Date de mise à jour: 2026-05-14Date de création: 2011-04-04Éditeur: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Selected excerpts from placer gold recovery research
The highest percentage gold recoveries occurred at mines which screened their feed to minus one inch, used both expanded metal and angle iron riffles on top of nomad matting...Date de mise à jour: 2026-05-14Date de création: 2011-04-04Éditeur: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Silver-bearing veins and replacement deposits of the Rancheria District
Numerous silver-rich, galena- and sphalerite-bearing veins and stratabound lenses are located on both sides of the Yukon-British Columbia border in the Rancheria District. Some...Date de mise à jour: 2026-05-14Date de création: 2011-04-04Éditeur: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
So you want to go mining in the Yukon, eh?
Many people who want to get started placer mining in the Yukon have questions about many things including cost, types of equipment, government regulations, and of course,...Date de mise à jour: 2026-05-14Date de création: 2011-04-04Éditeur: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Origin of gold in the White Channel sediments of the Klondike region, Yukon Territory
Results of a study to determine the origin of alteration in the Plio-Pleistocene White Channel sediments and bedrock using field observations, mineralogical and geochemical...Date de mise à jour: 2026-05-14Date de création: 2011-04-04Éditeur: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Interpretation of a seismic refraction profile from the Richardson...
A copy of this thesis is available at the EMR library – QE195.O27 1990. This thesis is available online at https://doi.org/10.7939/R33R0Q41BDate de mise à jour: 2026-05-14Date de création: 2011-04-04Éditeur: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Late Devonian conodont biostratigraphy of the earn group with age...
A copy of this thesis is available at the EMR library – QE195 I7 1990. This thesis is available online at https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/831/items/1.0052650Date de mise à jour: 2026-05-14Date de création: 2011-04-04Éditeur: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Mt. Hundere deposit, southeastern Yukon
In 1990, Curragh Resources announced its intention to spend $70 million to develop a high-grade zinc-lead-silver mine at Mt. Hundere, 54 km north of Watson Lake. The deposit...Date de mise à jour: 2026-05-14Date de création: 2011-04-04Éditeur: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Natural revegetation of placer mine tailings near Mayo, central Yukon
Placer mining occurs extensively in parts of the Yukon, denuding riparian zones and lining valley bottoms with mine tailings. Revegetation of tailings was examined at two...Date de mise à jour: 2026-05-14Date de création: 2011-04-04Éditeur: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
On the geology of the Tertiary Wrangell lavas in the St. Clare province, St....
The Wrangell lavas in the St. Clare province of southwestern Yukon are part of the larger Wrangell volcanic belt that has been active throughout the Late Cenozoic. These lavas...Date de mise à jour: 2026-05-14Date de création: 2011-04-04Éditeur: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Nature of the Robert Service Thrust on Fork Plateau and implications for...
Revision geological mapping has shown that the Robert Service Thrust is imbricated and isoclinally folded in Mayo map area. On Fork Plateau, highly deformed Keno Hill quartzite...Date de mise à jour: 2026-05-14Date de création: 2011-04-04Éditeur: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Norm Ross: A long way from the halfway
This article is an interview between the author and Norm Ross. Ross describes his involvement in Yukon's placer mining industry since 1980. He talks about the fluctuations in...Date de mise à jour: 2026-05-14Date de création: 2011-04-04Éditeur: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
NH4 geochemistry near sedimentary exhalative deposits in Selwyn Basin: A...
Studies conducted on two Alaskan shale-hosted stratiform Pb-Zn-Ag deposits showed that the NH4 content of illites increased toward the ore bodies and might be used as an...Date de mise à jour: 2026-05-14Date de création: 2011-04-04Éditeur: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Ore mineralogy and formation conditions of vein and replacement-type...
The Logan (MINFILE 105B 099) and YP (MINFILE 105B 001) zinc-lead-silver deposits are located in the Rancheria District, Yukon Territory. These deposits and numerous other...Date de mise à jour: 2026-05-14Date de création: 2011-04-04Éditeur: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Origin of the Clinton Creek Asbestos Deposit
Asbestos in most Cordilleran deposits has been considered a product of fracturing, metasomatism and thermal metamorphism of ultramafic rocks by mesozoic intrusions. Such a...Date de mise à jour: 2026-05-14Date de création: 2011-04-04Éditeur: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Overview of Yukon placer geology, gold production and prospects
The physiography and glacial history of Yukon bear directly on the geological setting, grade and economic viability of Yukon placer deposits. The limits of several advances of...Date de mise à jour: 2026-05-14Date de création: 2011-04-04Éditeur: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Paleomagnetic study of the Late Cretaceous Seymour Creek stock, Yukon:...
Paleomagnetic results are presented for 154 specimens from 16 sites in the Late Cretaceous Seymour Creek stock, a small granodioritic intrusion emplaced into Paleozoic gneisses...Date de mise à jour: 2026-05-14Date de création: 2011-04-04Éditeur: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Permo-Triassic Isotopic Dates for Blueschist, Ross River Area, Yukon
Rb-Sr and K-Ar age determinations for muscovite-bearing blueschist in the Yukon Tanana terrane near Ross River indicate a minimum metamorphic age of approximately 250 Ma, and a...Date de mise à jour: 2026-05-14Date de création: 2011-04-04Éditeur: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Petrology & geology of high level rhyolite intrusives of the Skukum area,...
The Skukum area is located 58 km south-southwest of Whitehorse. It is an elliptical area of volcanic rocks, Tertiary in age, and surrounded by hypabyssal rhyolite intrusives....Date de mise à jour: 2026-05-14Date de création: 2011-04-04Éditeur: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML