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The three `Windy McKinley' terranes of Stevenson Ridge (115JK), western Yukon.
Rocks assigned to the Windy McKinley Terrane occur in Stevenson Ridge and Kluane map areas of western Yukon. Based on new mapping in Stevenson Ridge area, rocks mapped as Windy...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
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 -
The Dawson City landslide (Dawson map area, NTS 116B/3), central Yukon.
A pre-historic pseudo-circular rock-slope failure at the northern edge of Dawson City, Yukon occurs in altered ultramafic rocks. The middle section of the landslide debris...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Beneficiation of Barite Ore
High grade, bedded barite deposits occur in upper Paleozoic sedimentary rocks of the Earn Group in south-eastern Niddery Lake map area. Following discovery and initial...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Williams Creek Project, Thermal Leach Project Test Heap Leach Project at...
An extensive heap leach field test was conducted during the 1993-1994 winter season at Carmacks, Yukon Territory. The test itself utilized an approximately 5-m-diameter crib...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 -
Placer Mining Settling Ponds (Volume 1) - Design Principles
This report reviews methods and criteria for placer mining settling pond design. The mining and processing of placer gold generates wastewaters containing high concentrations...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Yukon Platinum Occurrences & Potential
Geological map (1:1,000,000 scale) of the Yukon Territory, including platinum potential, platinum occurrences, a list of selected geological units with PGE potential, density...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Micropetrology and mineral geochemistry of the Tombstone and Deadman...
Micropetrographic observations and mineral geochemistry data, along with previously reported whole-rock geochemistry, defined an A-type granite-affinity for the Tombstone and...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Surficial geology map and till geochemistry of Mount Mye (105K/6 W), central...
Surficial geological map and till geochemistry (copper, lead and zinc) of Mount Mye area.Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Surficial geology map and till geochemistry of Mount Mye (105K/6 E), central...
Surficial geological map and till geochemistry (copper, lead and zinc) of Mount Mye area.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 Southern Mayo Map Area (105M/1,2,3,4 and parts of 105M/5...
Geological map (1:100,000 scale) of southern Mayo area, central Yukon (NTS 105M/1-4 and part of 5 and 6) including geological cross sections, mineral occurrences, fossil...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Winter Low Flow Stream Measurements Using the Salt Slug Injection Method
Assessing the impact of a mining project requires knowledge of the water balance. Study of stream flow variation over the open water season can be readily accomplished with a...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 -
Placer Mining Settling Ponds (Volume 2) - Demonstration project methodology
This report is the second volume of a study on placer mining settling pond design. The first volume, 'Design Principles', reviewed methods and criteria for settling pond design...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Alteration zonation, veining and mineralization associated with the Wernecke...
Detailed vertical-face mapping of 'Slab Creek' was carried out in the summer of 2001 to evaluate the relations of Wernecke Breccia bodies with alteration, veining and iron...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
A structural analysis of the upper Swift River area, southeast Yukon (105...
The TBMB claim group, 4 km southwest of the Dan occurrence in the upper Swift River area of stratiform zinc occurrences, reveals the nature of the host rocks and style of...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Bedrock geology at the boundary between Yukon-Tanana and Cassiar terranes,...
The Tummel fault zone, a northwest-trending belt of rocks of uncertain age and/or tectonic affinity, separates Paleozoic miogeoclinal strata of Cassiar Terrane from...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