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Windy McKinley terrane, Stevenson Ridge area (115JK), western Yukon:...
Recent mapping in the ‘Windy McKinley’ terrane of Stevenson Ridge area of western Yukon defined two subdivisions of the terrane, an imbricated ophiolite and a succession of...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Yukon placer diamonds: Possible sources
Diamond placer occurrences are historically reported in Yukon and in the adjacent areas of British Columbia and Alaska (Casselman and Harris, 2002) and are generally recovered...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Roadside Geology of the Dempster Highway, Northwest Territories and Yukon, A...
This guidebook describes the rocks and landforms along the Dempster Highway. The southern terminus of the highway is located near Dawson City in west-central Yukon. A drive...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 -
Kluane Ranges bedrock geology, White River area (Parts of NTS 115F/9, 15 and...
The Kluane Ranges, located in southwest Yukon, are underlain by Late Paleozoic to Late Triassic volcanic and sedimentary rocks assigned to Wrangellia. Bedrock mapping completed...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Bedrock Geology, Miles Ridge area, Yukon, (parts of NTS 115F/15, 16 and 115K/1,2)
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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 -
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 -
Thrust slices and associated deformation in the Klondike goldfields, Yukon.
Regional-scale thrust faults in the Klondike District separate major lithologic units that include medium-grade metamorphic rocks of the Upper Permian Klondike Schist and...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 -
Baseline Studies on Selenium Cycling in the Earn Lake Environment
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Bioengineering Trials at Noname Creek: Post-Fire Evaluation
In the fall of 2001, live willow cuttings were used for stabilizing an erosion gully on a permafrost slope at Noname Creek in the Big Creek drainage. These structures (gully...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Case study of Donjek debris flow, southwest Yukon
A high-magnitude debris flow occurred in late summer 2000 from tightly folded sedimentary rocks in a steep 2.66 km2 basin in the remote Donjek River valley of southwest Yukon....Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Enhancing Natural Succession on mine tailings sites in the Yukon Territory
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Enhancing Natural Succession on Yukon Mine Tailings Sites: A low-input...
The revegetation of northern tailings sites presents many challenges. By using plants, which are naturally adapted to both the tailings environment and northern climatic...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Experimental Trials for Restoring Disturbed Sites in Permafrost Areas Using...
Placer mining has over a one hundred year history in the Yukon Territory. The majority of placer mining has taken place in the zone of discontinuous permafrost. Within the...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Finlayson Lake Targeted Geoscience Initiative (southeastern Yukon), Part 2:...
A regional till geochemistry survey and Quaternary geology investivations were carried out across poorly exposed terrain of the Finlayson Lake map area. Two sampling teams...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Germaine Creek Bioengineering Demonstration Project
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Mineral Assessment of the Northern Kluane Wildlife Sanctuary, Yukon
The mineral potential of the Northern Kluane Wildlife Sanctuary (KWS) is rated as HIGH. Within the KWS, rocks of the Wrangellia Terrane rate the highest as they include two...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML