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Rocking in the Yukon; An Overview of Mining in the Yukon
The end products from local and global mining of minerals are an important part of our everyday lives. Examples acan be found in our homes: the convenience of copper wiring...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Total field magnetic, Wernecke Mountain Aeromagnetic Survey, NTS 106B (south...
This map of the magnetic total field was derived from data acquired during an aeromagnetic survey carried out by Fugro Airborne Surveys during the period April 17, 2006 to...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Triassic overlap assemblages in the northern Cordillera: Preliminary results...
We present new field and whole-rock geochemical data from the type section of the Triassic Jones Lake Formation (JLF) located along the Yukon-Northwest Territories border in...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
First vertical derivative of the magnetic field, Wernecke Mountain...
This map of the first vertical derivative of the magnetic field was derived from data acquired during an aeromagnetic survey carried out by Fugro Airborne Surveys during the...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Yukon Exploration and Geology Overview 2007
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Total field magnetic, Wernecke Mountain Aeromagnetic Survey, NTS 106E (south...
This map of the magnetic total field was derived from data acquired during an aeromagnetic survey carried out by Fugro Airborne Surveys during the period April 17, 2006 to...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Reclamation practices and research on mineral exploration properties in the...
Reclamation testing was carried out on 3 mineral exploration sites in Yukon: an alpine site at the Red Ridge property in the Whitehorse area, and 2 subalpine sites, a boreal...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Glacial history of Howard’s Pass and applications to drift prospecting.
Four stages of ice-flow occurred in Howard’s Pass during the late Wisconsinan McConnell glaciation. The first stage is marked by ice growth from local cirques. During the...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
New stratigraphic and provenance studies of Triassic sedimentary rocks in...
New fieldwork investigating the provenance and stratigraphic setting of Triassic sedimentary rocks in the northern Cordillera focused on previously documented, but largely...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Total field magnetic, Wernecke Mountain Aeromagnetic Survey, NTS 106C (south...
This map of the magnetic total field was derived from data acquired during an aeromagnetic survey carried out by Fugro Airborne Surveys during the period April 17, 2006 to...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Historical notes
Few metals occur naturally. Gold and copper are the major exceptions. Prehistoric people likely found these elements as anomalous particles in stream beds. Although copper...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
U-Pb zircon ages for the Nordenskiold formation (Laberge Group) and...
We report here the results of U-Pb zircon analyses for samples collected during regional mapping of the northern Whitehorse trough. Three samples of the Nordenskiold formation,...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Yukon Stratigraphic Correlation Chart, v. 4.0.
This is a summary of stratigraphic units for Yukon.Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
First vertical derivative of the magnetic field, Wernecke Mountain...
This map of the first vertical derivative of the magnetic field was derived from data acquired during an aeromagnetic survey carried out by Fugro Airborne Surveys during the...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Disseminated gold mineralization associated with orogenic veins in the...
Disseminated gold, without quartz veins, occurs in some types of Klondike Schist, typically near mineralized orogenic veins. The disseminated gold and sulphide minerals (mainly...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Revisiting a resource: Yukon's "technogenic" placer deposits
In order to facilitate exploration and mining of placer gold in historic placer regions increasingly innovative mining and exploration methods must be employed. Using a...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Yukon Placer Mining Industry Report 2003 to 2006
Since the publication of the last industry report, Yukon has undergone significant change: mineral prices have increased dramatically, with a corresponding boom in economic...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Discover Yukon's Mineral Wealth
The Yukon hosts numerous deposits that have been mined in the past, and the highly prospective geology continues to attract exploration interest. It lays claim to 2,700 known...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Summary of the stratigraphy, sedimentology and hydrocarbon potential of the...
Whitehorse trough is a northwestward-tapering belt of Upper Triassic to Lower Cretaceous volcanic and sedimentary rocks extending ~650 km from the British Columbia–Yukon...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML