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Evaluation of the origins of gold hosted by the conglomerates of the Indian...
Conglomerates belonging to the Indian River formation (IRF), south of the Klondike goldfield, have recently become the focus of exploration activity owing to their potential as...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Placer Mining Materials Handling Field Trials
This is an interim report by Wright Engineers Ltd., concerning the 1987 operation of the Airgold and Beron Placer tailings pumping systems. The operating time achieved on both...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Morphological and compositional analysis of placer gold in the South Nahanni...
Placer gold has been reported in small amounts throughout the South Nahanni river drainage; however, the original source of the gold is uncertain. This study focuses on two...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
First vertical derivative of the magnetic field, McQuesten Aeromagnetic...
Map of the first vertical derivative of the magnetic field derived from data acquired during an aeromagnetic survey carried out by Goldak Airborne Surveys from November 19,...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Permafrost and landslide activity: Case studies from southwestern Yukon Territory
Five case studies of recent landslides in southwestern Yukon Territory illustrate the role of permafrost in landslide processes of the region. In the Marshall Creek basin,...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Structure of schist in the vicinity of the Klondike goldfield, Yukon.
This study describes the structural evolution of the Klondike Schist and the structural setting of mineralized mesothermal veins from which over 500 tonnes of placer gold has...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geological map of the Duke River area (parts of NTS 115G/2, 3, 5, 6, 7),...
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Nature and origin of copper-gold mineralization at the Minto and Williams...
A new research project was begun in 2002, aimed at better understanding the nature and origin of copper-gold mineralization and its main host rocks at the Minto and Williams...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Devonian-Mississippian metavolcanic stratigraphy, massive sulphide potential...
Upper Devonian and Lower Mississippian metavolcanic rocks of Yukon-Tanana Terrane in southern Finlayson Lake and Frances Lake map areas occur in three thrust sheets, locally...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Paleoproterozoic volcanism and plutonism in the Wernecke Mountains, Yukon
The Paleoproterozoic Slab volcanics occur in three localities in the Wernecke Mountains. The largest exposure is at Slab Mountain and consists of a 0.6 x 0.25 km block of thin,...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Preliminary results of 1:50 000-scale geologic mapping in Wolverine Creek...
The oldest rocks in Wolverine Creek map area belong to a Devono-Mississippian metamorphic assemblage consisting of heterogeneous quartzite and orthogneiss. The quartzite unit...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Glenlyon project: Preliminary stratigraphy and structure of Yukon-Tanana...
Yukon-Tanana Terrane in Little Kalzas Lake area consists of a lower quartzite package and an upper metavolcanic package. The lower quartzite package includes a discontinuous...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Stratigraphy of the Mackenzie Mountains supergroup in the Wernecke Mountains, Yukon.
Mackenzie Mountains supergroup (MMSG) strata in the Wernecke Mountains are described in detail. Three new formations are assigned to the revised and formalized Hematite Creek...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Cirque forms and alpine glaciation during the Pleistocene, west-central Yukon
Uplands in west-central Yukon supported alpine ice centres during the pre-Reid glaciations (Early Pleistocene). Subdued cirque forms are thought to be glacial cirques that have...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Finlayson Lake Targeted Geoscience Initiative (southeastern Yukon), Part 1:...
The Finlayson Lake Targeted Geoscience Initiative, conducted jointly by the Geological Survey of Canada and Yukon Geology Program, comprised new geological mapping and till...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Lead isotopic constraints on the metallogeny of southern Wolf Lake,...
Southern Wolf Lake (105B), southeastern Teslin (105C) and northern Jennings River (104O) map areas contain a wide variety of styles of mineralization, including carbonate...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
White Channel Gravel alteration revisited
The White Channel Gravel (Pliocene) is the most important gold-bearing unit in the world famous Klondike goldfields of west-central Yukon. It is up to 46 m thick and consists...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Upper Proterozoic-Lower Cambrian sedimentary rocks of the Mount Harper...
In the Ogilvie Mountains, west-central Yukon, the upper Proterozoic to Lower Cambrian Mount Harper Group (informal name) contains strata equivalent to both basal Windermere...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
The Wolf Discovery: A Kuroko-style volcanogenic massive sulphide deposit...
The Wolf property is situated approximately 90 km south of Ross River, Yukon, within the St. Cyr Range of the Pelly Mountains. The Pelly Mountains are bounded to the northeast...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Glenlyon project: Coherent stratigraphic succession of Yukon-Tanana Terrane...
Geological mapping of Yukon-Tanana Terrane in Little Salmon Range has outlined a coherent stratigraphic succession in rocks that were previously described as strongly foliated...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML