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Tin and tungsten veins and skarns in the McQuesten River area, central Yukon
Tin and tungsten veins and skarns in the McQuesten River area occur in the contact zones of Cretaceous feldpspar-porphyritic biotite granite stocks, plugs, and dykes. Most...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Tin-bearing skarns of the Thirtymile Range, NTS Sheet 105 C/9: A progress report
This report summarizes the results of geological mapping of the Thirtymile Range, Sheet 105 C/9, and an investigation of tin skarns at the Mindy (MINFILE 105 C 054) and Ork...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Trace ammonium in granites of the southern Yukon and its petrogenetic significance
This reconnaissance study compares the ammonium content of some granites from the southern Yukon with granites in other regions. Analyses show a slight variation in ammonium...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Ultrahigh frequency radio echo sounding of Yukon glaciers
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The sedimentology of Pleistocene deposits associated with placer gold...
Due to the depletion of traditional economic gold placer deposits in unglaciated areas of the Yukon, the study of the relationship of placer gravels to overlying glacial...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
The setting of the volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits in the Finlayson...
The definition of regionally extensive stratigraphy in deformed and metamorphosed rocks of the Yukon-Tanana Terrane in the Finlayson Lake district allows the recognition of at...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
The Skukum Volcanic Complex, 105 D SW: Geology and comparison to the Bennett...
Several centres of continental volcanism are situated in southern Yukon. Two of these, the Skukum Volcanic Complex and the Bennett Lake Cauldron Complex BLCC are closely...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
The Stewart River placer project, west-central Yukon
The Stewart River map area (115 O&N) is the most important historic and current placer gold producing region in the Yukon. Unfortunately, the historic placer-gold deposits are...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
The Tectonic Setting of the Aishihik Batholith, SW Yukon
The Aishihik Batholith is comprised of foliated and lineated, equigranular hornblende granodiorite and crystallized at about 216 Ma. The batholith is in contact to the west...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
The Vangorda deposit
The Vangorda deposit is a small (7.1 million tonne), SEDEX-type, Pb-Zn-Ag (barite) massive sulphide ore body, in the Anvil District, Yukon, Canada. The deposit is currently...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Yukon Mining and Exploration Overview 1997
Yukon Exploration and Geology 1997: Mining and Exploration Overview is published as a stand-alone report as well as within the larger publication Yukon Exploration and Geology...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Yukon-Tanana Terrane in southwestern Frances Lake area (105H/3, 4 and 5),...
Yukon-Tanana Terrane (YTT) in Frances Lake area consists of three domains: the Money/Jules Creek thrust sheet, the foot wall of the Jules Creek thrust, and a northeastern...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Clastic sediment production and diagenesis in selected western North...
This dissertation presents investigations into the patterns of clastic sedimentation and diagenesis of coarse clastic sediments at ten caves and rock shelters at sites in the...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Drift prospecting in the region of the Yukon-Tanana Terrane, southern Yukon
Regional till geochemistry surveys were conducted in the Finlayson Lake, Glenlyon and eastern Carmacks map areas. Detailed till sampling was completed at the Kudz Ze Kayah and...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Magma genesis along an arc-transform transition zone
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Geology and metamorphic conditions in rocks of the Cassiar Terrane, Glenlyon...
Lower Paleozoic miogeoclinal calcareous rocks of the Cassiar Terrane are intruded by the Early Cretaceous Glenlyon Batholith. Garnet-biotite and...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: 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 updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geology and structural setting of the Regal Ridge emerald property,...
Emerald at the Regal Ridge property in the Finlayson Lake district of southeastern Yukon is hosted within mid-Paleozoic mafic metavolcanic and metaplutonic rocks. These rocks...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geology and U-Pb zircon geochronology of upper Dorsey assemblage near the...
Meta-sandstone, siltstone and phyllite, with marble and intermediate-to-felsic tuffaceous horizons, host the Munson (TBMB) and Mod zinc-lead occurrences, about 7 km southwest...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: 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 updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML