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A regional characterization of landslides in the Alaska Highway corridor, Yukon
The following report describes the settings, causes and geological controls of landslides in the Alaska Highway corridor. Although diverse geologic, geomorphic and climatic...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Granite Pegmatites in the Canadian Cordillera, Yukon and Northwest Territories
In this report the authors describe the results of a research program on granitic pegamtites in Yukon and the western Northwest Territories. These unusual rocks are of...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Yukon Exploration and Geology 2004
The 2004 volume has four parts. The first part - Mineral Industry - includes overviews of hardrock and placer mining and exploration in the territory. The second part -...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Exploration Criteria for Gemstone Deposits and their Application to Yukon Geology
This report focuses on a selection of some of the most valuable gemstones in the global gem trade; ruby, sapphire, emerald, chrysoberyl, tsavorite garnet, tanzanite, and the...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Gold mineralization in the upper Hyland River area: a non-magmatic origin
Gold occurrences in the upper Hyland River valley form a 50-km-long belt that is considered to be the easternmost portion of the Tombstone Gold Belt (TGB). Mineralization is...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Exploration Criteria For Coloured Gemstone Deposits in Yukon
This report is an updated version of an Open File report (Walton, 1996) describing the geology and geochemistry of gemstone deposits and applicable exploration criteria.The...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geology of Joe Mountain map area (105D/15), southern Yukon (1:50 000 scale)
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Bedrock Geology, Morris Lake (105B/5), southern Yukon (1:50,000 scale)
Between the Cretaceous granitic rocks (Hake Batholith on the west; Cassiar Batholith to the east) are three belts of metamorphic rocks, collectively part of Yukon-Tanana...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Detoxifying Pit Lakes by Controlled Algal Blooms: Laboratory Study and Pilot...
When a mine closes, the open pit left behind often fills with water that washes metals from the pit walls. This water may be toxic and cannot be disharged without further...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Shaded Magnetic First Vertical Derivative, Yukon Territory/Northwest...
This map was compiled from data obtained as a result of an aeromagnetic survey carried out by Fugro Airborne Surveys using a Cessna Caravan aircraft. A 0.005 nT sensitivity...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Active-layer detachments following the summer 2004 forest fires near Dawson...
Numerous active-layer detachments occurred in watersheds surrounding Dawson City following forest fires that burned the area during the summer of 2004. The distribution of...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Till geochemistry of the Finlayson Lake (105G), Glenlyon (105L) and east...
This open file contains a compilation of the till geochemistry data for two regions of southern Yukon: 1) Finlayson Lake (105G) and, 2) Glenlyon (105L) and east Carmacks (115I)...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Anatomy of a late Jurassic Gilbert-type delta in basal strata of the...
Most chert-pebble conglomerate units within the Late Jurassic to mid-Cretaceous Tantalus Formation were deposited in shallow, deep and meandering gravel-bed rivers. However,...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Aeromagnetic Total Field, Yukon Territory, NTS 106L/NE-NW
This map was compiled from data obtained as a result of an aeromagnetic survey carried out by Fugro Airborne Surveys using a Cessna Caravan aircraft. A 0.005 nT sensitivity...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Sedimentology, stratigraphy and source rock potential of the Richthofen...
Whitehorse Trough is a frontier basin in south-central Yukon that is thought to contain gas and possibly oil. It formed in the early Triassic as an arc-marginal basin between...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Bedrock geology of the Duke River area, parts of NTS 115G/2, 3, 4, 6 and 7,...
The Duke River area comprises Late Paleozoic arc volcanic and sedimentary rocks, Triassic basalts, carbonate and sedimentary rocks, overlain by Tertiary terrestrial sedimentary...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Aeromagnetic Total Field, Yukon Territory, NTS 106F/NE-NW
This map was compiled from data obtained as a result of an aeromagnetic survey carried out by Fugro Airborne Surveys using a Cessna Caravan (registration C-FZLK) aircraft. A...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Shaded Magnetic First Vertical Derivative, Yukon Territory, NTS 106F/NE-NW
This map was compiled from data obtained as a result of an aeromagnetic survey carried out by Fugro Airborne Surveys using a Cessna Caravan aircraft. A 0.005 nT sensitivity...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Yukon Exploration and Geology 2005
The 2005 volume has four parts. The first Mineral Industry includes overviews of hardrock and placer mining, development and exploration in the territory as well as a summary...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geology and lithogeochemistry of the Fyre lake copper-cobalt-gold...
The Fyre Lake sulphide-magnetite deposit is located in the Finlayson Lake massive sulphide district in the Yukon-Tanana terrane, southeastern Yukon. It is hosted by...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML