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Geology of the Aishihik Lake and Hopkins Lake Map Areas (115 H/6,7),...
Paleozoic and older metamorphic rocks in the Aishihik Lake and Hopkins Lake map areas (115 H/6 and 7) comprise the Aishihik Metamorphic Suite (AMS) and form a...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Crescent property, south Yukon
The Crescent occurrence consists of black sphalerite, pyrrhotite, pyrite and magnetite in garnet-diopside-epidote-actinolite skarn hosted by sheared, brecciated schist and...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geologic setting and stratigraphic framework of placer deposits, Mayo area, Yukon
Placer deposits occur in unusual geological settings in the Mayo Mining District, where gold is mined from Reid-age glacial till and glaciofluvial gravel and from more recent...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geology and Mineralization of the Tog, Listwaenite-Hosted Gold Occurrence,...
The TOG mineral occurrence is characterized by visible gold, low sulphide content and high gold grades associated with structurally controlled zones of intense carbonate...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geochemical characterization of Carboniferous volcanic successions from...
Detailed mapping of Yukon-Tanana Terrane in Glenlyon map area has identified two Carboniferous volcanic successions, and their subvolcanic intrusions. The early-to...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Drift prospecting for gold in the Tintina Trench
Two tills and related deposits are the products of at least two ice advances over the Tintina Trench near Ross River, Yukon Territory. These ice advances are termed the...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Exploration geology of the Mt. Skukum epithermal gold deposit, southwestern Yukon
Veins in Main Cirque are hosted in major normal fault zones bounding down-dropped blocks to depletion of a magma chamber below the adjacent eruptive centre. Residual heat...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geological setting of gold-silver veins on Montana Mountain
The Montana Mountain area lies at the western edge of the Intermontane Belt, where the Whitehorse Trough overlies the Atlin Terrane. Paleozoic volcanic rocks of Atlin Terrane...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geology and metallogenic signature of gold occurrences at Scheelite Dome,...
The study area is centred on the 91.2 ± 0.9 Ma Scheelite Dome quartz-monzonite stock of the Tombstone Plutonic Suite (TPS). This stock and associated dykes and sills intrude...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geology, geochemistry, and lead isotopic analysis of mineralization of the...
The Strike property is located in the Campbell Range belt in southeastern Yukon. The study area is underlain by a wide variety of mafic volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks, as...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Structure and alteration related to gold-silver veins at the Skukum Creek...
A detailed evaluation of structure and alteration related to gold- and silver-rich, base metal-bearing veins was completed at the Skukum property as part of the 2002 mineral...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Facies and Depositional Setting of Laberge Conglomerates (Jurassic),...
The Whitehorse Trough, south-central Yukon, originated as a Mesozoic fore-arc basin separating the allochthonous Stikine Terrane to the west from the North American craton....Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
List of Wells and Formation Tops, Yukon Territory, version 1.0
In 2004, the Yukon Oil and Gas Management Branch in Whitehorse, arranged with the National Energy Board (NEB) in 2004 to compile formation tops for the Yukon oil and gas wells....Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Landsliding at Cement Creek, Kluane Ranges, Southwestern Yukon
A large block slide affecting an area of approximately 1.0 square km was reported to have occurred on Cement Creek Y.T. (115G/5) between February 15 and March 15, 1983....Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Canyon property, southeastern Yukon
Galena and pyrrhotite occur in manganese-stained quartz-carbonate breccia beneath rusty limestone. Surface geology of the area suggests that the mineralization is a replacement...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geology and mineralization on the Dromedary property, central Yukon
The Dromedary property consists of 344 claims on Dromedary Mountain, Kalzas Mountain, and the intervening Macmillan River valley, all immediately northeast of Tintina Trench...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geology and mineral occurrences of Sprague Creek map area (115P/15), western...
Sprague Creek map area is underlain by multiply deformed Upper Proterozoic to mid-Paleozoic metasedimentary rocks and undeformed Cretaceous felsic intrusions. The oldest and...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Development of Wernecke breccia in Slats Creek (106 D/16) map area, Wernecke...
Wernecke breccia comprises numerous intrusive hematitic breccia zones exposed in the Wernecke and Ogilvie mountains of central Yukon. The breccias were emplaced in Middle...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
The mineralogy and geochemistry of polymetallic mineral deposits at the...
The Ketza River polymetallic mineral deposits are situated in the Pelly Mountains, Central Yukon Territory. The deposits were mined for gold from 1988 to 1990, producing 400...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Cyanide - The Facts
Cyanide is probably one of the most universally recognized poisons. Cyanide contains a carbon atom connected to a nitrogen atom, hence the chemical formula CN. However, the...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML