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Geology Matters
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Bedrock geological map of the Mount Freegold district, Dawson Range
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Yukon Placer Mining Industry 2015 to 2017
This report is a synthesis of the Yukon Geological Survey’s placer fieldwork and captures information collected from approximately 120 site visits conducted each season....Date updated: 2018-04-12Date created: 2018-04-12Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Cordilleran Ice Sheet mass loss preceded climate reversals near the...
for a copy of this paper please contact the Yukon Geological Survey; geology@gov.yk.ca.Date updated: 2018-01-22Date created: 2018-01-22Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Natural thermogenic gas seeps at the front of the Richardson Mountains:...
for a copy of this paper please contact the Yukon Geological Survey; geology@gov.yk.ca.Date updated: 2018-01-22Date created: 2018-01-22Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
New occurrences of Oldhamia in eastern Yukon, Canada: Stratigraphic context...
for a copy of this paper please contact the Yukon Geological Survey; geology@gov.yk.ca.Date updated: 2018-01-22Date created: 2018-01-22Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Seismic and gravity constraints on the crustal architecture of the...
for a copy of this paper please contact the Yukon Geological Survey; geology@gov.yk.ca.Date updated: 2018-01-22Date created: 2018-01-22Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Middle Jurassic to earliest Cretaceous mid-crustal tectono-metamorphism in...
This paper is available via open access. You can also contact the Yukon Geological Survey (geology@gov.yk.ca) for a copy of this paper.Date updated: 2018-01-22Date created: 2018-01-22Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Lithogeochemical characterization of the Middle–Upper Devonian Road River...
for a copy of this paper please contact the Yukon Geological Survey; geology@gov.yk.ca.Date updated: 2018-01-22Date created: 2018-01-22Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geochemistry of shale and sedimentary pyrite as a proxy for gold fertility...
for a copy of this paper please contact the Yukon Geological Survey; geology@gov.yk.ca.Date updated: 2018-01-22Date created: 2018-01-22Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
New investigations of basal Laberge Group stratigraphy, Whitehorse trough,...
The tectonic evolution of the Whitehorse trough in central Yukon is largely preserved by the Early to Middle Jurassic Laberge Group, an ~3000-m thick succession of synorogenic...Date updated: 2018-01-18Date created: 2018-01-18Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Stratigraphic affinity of late Neoproterozoic limestone in the vicinity of...
The area around Tillei and McPherson lakes includes extensive exposure of a relatively thick, late Neoproterozoic limestone. The limestone is lithologically similar to the Espee...Date updated: 2018-01-18Date created: 2018-01-18Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Mod Property, VMS Mineralization in the Western Part of the Yukon-Tanana...
Base metal-silver prospects have been known to exist in the upper Swift River region since 1946. These prospects, occurring in Yukon-Tanana terrane, have been previously...Date updated: 2018-01-18Date created: 2018-01-18Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
The structural framework for Carlin-type gold mineralization in the Nadaleen...
Structure imparts a significant control on the distribution of Carlin-type gold mineralization recently discovered in the Nadaleen trend, Yukon. An improved understanding of the...Date updated: 2018-01-18Date created: 2018-01-18Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Re-evaluating the chronostratigraphic framework for felsic volcanic and...
The Finlayson Lake district contains >30 Mt of volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) mineralization, but has not been the focus of field-based research since the mid-2000s. We...Date updated: 2018-01-18Date created: 2018-01-18Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Bedrock geology of the Teslin Mountain and east Lake Laberge areas,...
Mafic volcanic and clastic strata of the Middle Triassic Joe Mountain Formation, east of Lake Laberge, Yukon, represent a juvenile volcanic arc sequence. Mafic volcanic rocks of...Date updated: 2018-01-18Date created: 2018-01-18Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Clast fabric analysis of glacial diamict at the Allan Creek section and its...
The Allan Creek section was identified and briefly described during reconnaissance mapping of the Watson Lake map area (NTS 105A) several decades ago and provides southeastern...Date updated: 2018-01-18Date created: 2018-01-18Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
New contributions to the bedrock geology of the Mount Freegold district,...
The Mount Freegold district is an ideal natural laboratory to evaluate the structural and magmatic framework for porphyry, skarn and epithermal mineralization in the Dawson...Date updated: 2018-01-18Date created: 2018-01-18Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Evidence for limited glaciation in northern Kluane Range, southwestern...
Preliminary investigation of surficial geology in northern Kluane Range has resulted in new interpretations of Pleistocene ice cover including extensive unglaciated terrain and...Date updated: 2018-01-18Date created: 2018-01-18Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
An overview of shale studies in Yukon during the 2017 field season
Summer 2017 fieldwork in Yukon’s lower Paleozoic shale basins (Selwyn basin and Richardson trough) involved participants from government geological surveys (Yukon Geological...Date updated: 2018-01-18Date created: 2018-01-18Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML