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Paleoproterozoic deformation of the Racklan Orogeny, Slats Creek (106D/16)...
Three events of Paleoproterozoic deformation are recognized in schist of the Fairchild Lake Group (Wernecke Supergroup) in the Wernecke Mountains. The first event produced a...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 -
Yukon Targeted Geoscience Initiative, Part 2: Glacial history, till...
A regional till geochemistry project was completed in conjunction with bedrock mapping across rocks of Yukon-Tanana Terrane and North American affinity in central Yukon. The...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geological and U-Pb age constraints on base and precious metal vein systems...
Epithermal vein and porphyry-related gold-silver deposits in the Mount Nansen area are mainly hosted in Paleozoic Yukon-Tanana Terrane metasedimentary rocks and Early Jurassic...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Volcano-sedimentary megaclast in Wernecke breccia, Yukon, and its bearing on...
A group of hydrothermal breccias, collectively known as Wernecke breccia, formed at approximately 1.60 Ga in Yukon. The breccias consist of a hydrothermally precipitated matrix...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geology of the Dezadeash Range and adjacent northern Coast Mountains (115A),...
Granodiorite of the Coast Plutonic Complex intruded metasedimentary rocks in the Dezadeash Range of the northern Coast Belt in the late Mesozoic. Graphitic staurolite-biotite...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Plants, bugs, and a giant mammoth tusk: Paleoecology of Last Chance Creek,...
An exceptional, complete tusk of a mature male woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) was recovered from a placer mining exposure on Last Chance Creek, Yukon Territory in July,...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
The co-variation of lithology and geometry in Triassic reefal limestones at...
Lime Peak is an Upper Triassic carbonate complex approximately 40 km northeast of Whitehorse. It is one of many carbonate buildups in the Whitehorse Trough which occur as...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geology, mineralization and sampling results from the Kalzas tungsten...
Kalzas, in central Yukon, is a porphyry-style stockwork and sheeted-vein wolframite deposit. Alteration includes a potassic core, a quartz-tourmaline-sericite zone and an outer...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geology at the contact between Yukon-Tanana and Cassiar terranes, southeast...
Paleozoic platformal and basinal strata of Cassiar Terrane are separated from rocks of Yukon-Tanana Terrane to the west by an unexposed fault in southeast Glenlyon map area....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 -
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 -
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 -
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 is...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Hydrothermal alteration, mineralization and exploration potential of the...
The Mars property occurs on the southwestern margin of the Teslin Crossing pluton, a composite intrusion of intermediate, alkalic composition that was emplaced into sedimentary...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Composition of placer and lode gold as an exploration tool in the Stewart...
A reconnaissance study of the composition of gold from several placer streams in the Stewart River map area was carried out to characterize the likely style(s) of lode...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Lower to Middle Jurassic stratigraphy, ammonoid fauna and sedimentary...
The Upper Triassic to Middle Jurassic Whitehorse Trough is a 500-km-long forearc basin developed on the eastern margin of the Stikine Terrane. Basin fill in the Fish Lake...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Paleomagnetism and geobarometry of the Granite Mountain batholith, Yukon:...
Paleomagnetic and geobarometric results are reported here for the Early Jurassic Granite Mountain batholith, an ~600 km² granodiorite intrusion in the Yukon-Tanana Terrane....Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Ray Gulch tungsten skarn, Dublin Gulch, central Yukon: Gold-tungsten...
The Ray Gulch tungsten skarn and the Eagle Zone intrusion-related gold deposit are associated with the Dublin Gulch intrusion, which forms part of the mid-Cretaceous Tombstone...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Resedimentation of the late Holocene White River tephra, Yukon Territory and Alaska
The Wrangell region of eastern Alaska represents a zone of extensive volcanism marked by intermittent pyroclastic activity during the late Holocene. The most recent and widely...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML