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Preliminary geology of Rose Mountain, Anvil District, central Yukon (105 K/5)
A 2000 m thick succession of six metasedimentary and metavolcanic units ranging in age from Ordovician through Permian strikes northwest and dips moderately to the southwest in...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Raca property (Fawley), south Yukon
Vivid gossans associated with the Raca occurrence on the south flank of Chieftain Hill have attracted the attention of prospectors and geologists for nearly a hundred years....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 -
Placer deposit grain size and water quality sampling program
A program of placer deposit sediment and water sampling was initiated by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (DIAND) in the summer of 1998 to investigate possible relationships...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Revised stratigraphy and new exploration targets in the Hart River region...
The Hart River area (maps 116 A/10 and 11) of the southeastern Ogilvie Mountains is underlain by two varied and widespread successions which offer the most potential for...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Placer gold and associated heavy minerals of the Clear Creek drainage,...
Placer gold mining in Clear Creek extends back to 1900, when the discovery claim was staked. Approximately 129,000 crude ounces (4012 kg) of gold have been reported since 1941...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Quaternary history of McQuesten map area, central Yukon
Preliminary results from the Stewart River stratigraphy and surficial mapping suggest a minimum of four glaciations and two interglacial periods. Methods of stratigraphy,...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Preliminary geology of the Pool Creek map area (95C/5), southeastern Yukon
Fieldwork in the northwest corner of Pool Creek map area (NTS 95C/5) during the summer of 2000 distinguished North and South areas with distinct stratigraphies and deformation...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Petrology and geochemistry of tin and tungsten mineralized plutons,...
Mid-Cretaceous plutons in the McQuesten River region intrude Upper Proterozoic to Mississippian miogeoclinal metasedimentary rocks of Selwyn Basin. They form a belt trending...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Sedimentology of a high level terrace placer gold deposit, Klondike Valley, Yukon
Significant economic concentrations of placer gold were first recognized in an intermediate level terrace near Dawson City in the late 1980's Regional surficial mapping has...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: 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 updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Quaternary, structural and engineering geology of the Aishihik River...
The Aishihik River landslide is a prehistoric slope failure located on a southwest-facing slope of the Ruby Range along the Alaska Highway. The failed mass consists of gneissic...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Petrotectonic study of the Teslin suture zone, Yukon: A progress report
The Teslin suture zone (TSZ) forms the fundamental boundary between rocks deposited along the ancient margin of North America and allochthonous terranes to the west. Both North...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: 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 updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: 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 updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Placer depositional settings and their ages along Dominion Creek, Klondike...
Dominion Creek and its tributaries (Sulphur and Gold Run creeks) are one of the largest placer gold producing areas in North America. The placer gravel is divided into: (1)...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
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 -
Preliminary geology of the southeastern part of Ddhaw Ghro Special Management Area
Ddhaw Ghro Special Management Area (SMA) is currently withdrawn from mineral claim disposition. A mineral resource assessment of Ddhaw Ghro SMA will be carried out during the...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: 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 updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Post-glacial vegetation history of the Aishihik Basin and its vicinity,...
Nine pollen profiles were obtained along a broad latitudinal transect extending from the Upper Nisling Valley to the Ittlemit Lake and Bear Lakes areas in the southwest Yukon...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML