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An Evaluation of the Gold Recovery of Placer Drills Using Radio Tracers
In the last five years, eroding gold prices, increasing production costs and the depletion of reserves have resulted in a dramatic increase in the use of drilling to evaluate...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Adit Ice Plug Prevention
Many adits in the Yukon have water flowing from them in winter, which freezes and builds up like a road glacier. Ice completely blocks the adit and dams water behind it,...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Airborne Electromagnetic and Magnetic Survey, Jakes Corner Project, Yukon
Digital data from airborne EM and MAG geophysical surveys of the Jakes Corner Project, southwestern Yukon (NTS 105D/8,9 and 105C/5,12). Files include GEOSOFT XYZ files (with...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Experimental Reclamation Project, Shrub Trial Plots - Brewery Creek Mine
In September 2000, eleven shrub species were planted in experimental plots at three different areas of the Brewery Creek Gold Mine near the Klondike River. All of these shrub...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Faro Down Valley Tailings Research Program Report: Tailings Reprocessing...
The Faro Down Valley Tailing Ponds contain residual quantity of minerals that have a total value of more than a billion dollars, however, only a portion of these minerals may...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Faro Tailings Area Downhole Geophysics Program to Study Contaminant Plumes, Yukon
A Geophysical Program was conducted at 5 groundwater monitoring wells on March 4, 2000 at the Faro Tailings Area, Rose Creek, Faro, Yukon under the auspices of the Yukon...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Fine Sediment Geochemistry for Gold Orientation Survey
This project compares fine sediment geochemistry (-53 microns) with traditional -180 microns (-80 mesh) sediment geochemistry. The goal of this project is to confirm or deny...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Mine Sludge Stability - Densification in Cold Climates
In 2001, a project was initiated to stduy the behavior of treatment sludges in northern climatic conditions. For this study, leach columns were commissioned in the laboratory...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geology and geochemistry of the Venus Au-Ag-Pb-An vein deposit, Yukon Territory
A copy of this thesis is available at the EMR library – QE195.W35 1987. This thesis is available online at https://doi.org/10.7939/R32R3P249.Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Investigations into Passive Wetlands Treatment of Mine Drainage to Remove...
Wetlands have been used for decades in the treatment of municipal wastewater (sewage) in many parts of the world. Since the 1980s, wetlands have been used in the treatment of...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geological Compilation Maps of the Northern Stewart River Area, Klondike and...
This set of maps represents a geological compilation of the northern part of the Stewart River map area, southwest of the Tintina Fault Zone. This report includes six...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Moss Mats as Medium for Stream Sediment Geochemistry
This project involved the collection of moss mat samples from sites throughout Yukon. Sites included: Laura Creek, which drains Brewery Creek gold deposit; Logjam Creek,...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Notes to Prospectors - Jakes Corner DIGHEM Survey Interpretation
Airborne EM and MAG Survey, Jakes Corner Project, including six 1:20,000-scale geophysical maps of electromagnetic anomalies together with a description of 34 conductors which...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Light Auger Drilling for Placer Prospecting in the Klondike District, Yukon;...
In unconsolidated material, penetration rates for the all-terrain-vehicle (ATV) drill ranged from 3 ft/hr (0.9 m/hr) in frozen sandy pebble/cobble gravel to 33 ft/hr (10 m/hr)...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Surficial Geological Map of Stewart River Valley (parts of 115O/2, 3, 6 and 7)
Surficial geological map (1:50,000 scale) of Stewart River Valley, central Yukon parts of NTS map sheets 115O/2,3,6,7 including marginal notes on surficial geology,...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Utilizing Volcanic Ash as a Natural Flocculant in Placer Settling Ponds
Under existing regulations, the discharge or effluent from placer miners¿ settling ponds must meet certain standards for the amount of clay and silt in suspension (suspended...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Yukon Mining, Development & Exploration Overview 2002
Yukon mining and exploration overview, 2002 is published as a stand-alone report as well as within the larger publication Yukon Exploration and Geology 2002. It gives a...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
A History of the Whitehorse Copper Belt
In the first three decades of this century, $2,712,000 worth of copper ore came out of the copper belt (Johnston, 1975). The mines were only active, however, when copper prices...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Placer Gold Dredging Using an Excavator and Floating Processing Plant
This report provides information on a method of placer gold dredging. This dredging method differs from conventional bucket line gold dredging in that it uses a combination of...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Airborne EM and Mag Survey, Jakes Corner Project (105C/5, 12 & 105D/8, 9)
Airborne EM and MAG Survey, Jakes Corner Project, including seven 1:50 000-scale geophysical maps with marginal notes. The surveyed area covers NTS maps sheets 105 C/5, 12 and...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML