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Yukon Mineral Exploration Program 2020 update
The Yukon Mineral Exploration Program (YMEP) is a funding program which provides financial support to proponents exploring for minerals in Yukon. Individual prospectors,...Date updated: 2021-01-18Date created: 2021-01-18Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Surficial geological mapping of the central Kluane Ranges (parts of NTS...
Surficial geological mapping in the central Kluane Ranges was undertaken to better understand the distribution and character of surficial materials. Upland surficial materials...Date updated: 2021-01-18Date created: 2021-01-18Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
New geochemistry from old drill holes at the Tom property, Macmillan Pass, Yukon
This paper presents new data from historical drill core and outcrop specimens from Macmillan Pass, Yukon. Whole rock lithogeochemical data are presented from analyses of core...Date updated: 2021-01-18Date created: 2021-01-18Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Potential heat production from the Seagull and Teslin plutonic suites,...
Cretaceous granitoid plutons of the Seagull and Teslin plutonic suites, east of Teslin, are evaluated for their potential radiogenic heat production. The Seagull suite comprises...Date updated: 2021-01-18Date created: 2021-01-18Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Update on the bedrock geology of the Rusty Mountain area, southern Wernecke...
The Rusty Mountain area is underlain by sedimentary strata of the Paleoproterozoic Wernecke Supergroup, Mesoproterozoic Pinguicula Group, Neoproterozoic Hematite Creek Group and...Date updated: 2021-01-18Date created: 2021-01-18Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Updated geology of the Clark Lakes area in central Yukon (parts of 106D/2,...
The Clark Lakes area is located along the northern boundary of the Selwyn fold belt, and is underlain by the Ediacaran to Cambrian Hyland Group. In the surrounding region, the...Date updated: 2021-01-18Date created: 2021-01-18Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
The geometry and kinematic history of Cordilleran deformation at the...
The shale-hosted massive sulphide Zn-Pb deposits of Howard’s Pass were deposited during the Silurian and subsequently deformed during the Cretaceous Cordilleran orogeny. A...Date updated: 2021-01-18Date created: 2021-01-18Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Structural geology of the eastern Richardson Mountains, Yukon and Northwest...
The Richardson anticlinorium is a major tectonic feature marking the eastern limit of the Cordilleran orogen in northern Yukon and Northwest Territories. Limited structural...Date updated: 2021-01-18Date created: 2021-01-18Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Preliminary investigation of geological controls on radon concentration in...
Although the presence of radon has been reported in Yukon, the controls on radon soil gas fluxes in Yukon have not been studied. Here we report 328 radon concentration...Date updated: 2021-01-18Date created: 2021-01-18Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Macroscopic control on Carlin-type gold mineralization in north-central Yukon
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Yukon Exploration and Geology 2020
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Yukon Exploration and Geology Overview 2020
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Northern Cordillera: Canada and Alaska
for a copy of this paper please contact the Yukon Geological Survey; geology@gov.yk.ca.Date updated: 2020-12-17Date created: 2020-12-17Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Baseline Science Review
The Government of Yukon Science Strategy was released in 2016 to provide a strategic framework for building Yukon’s science capacity, in support of evidence-based decision...Date updated: 2020-12-15Date created: 2020-12-15Publisher: Executive Council OfficeFormat: PDF -
Carmacks surficial geology and community hazard susceptibility mapping
The Carmacks surficial geology and community hazard susceptibility mapping was completed to support land use planning, but also provides a valuable base map for public education...Date updated: 2020-12-11Date created: 2020-12-11Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
The Road River Group of northern Yukon, Canada: early Paleozoic deep-water...
for a copy of this paper please contact the Yukon Geological Survey; geology@gov.yk.ca.Date updated: 2020-12-03Date created: 2020-12-03Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Neoproterozoic-hosted Carlin-type mineralization in central Yukon, part 2:...
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Neoproterozoic-hosted Carlin-type mineralization in central Yukon, part 1:...
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Geology of the Keno Hill district
This map is based on 1:5000-scale geological mapping on a detailed topographic base, which included checking previous maps available in the archives of United Keno Hill Mines....Date updated: 2020-11-23Date created: 2020-11-23Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Surficial geology, Carmacks area, Yukon
not_specifiedDate updated: 2020-11-19Date created: 2020-11-19Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML