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Mineral exploration in Yukon and western district of Mackenzie: Deposit...
This report includes a summary of the mineral exploration history of Yukon, an overview of major discoveries and a survey of exploration trends in the territory.Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Uranium-copper mineralization and associated breccia bodies in the...
During the summer of 1976, prospecting and mining exploration activity in the Wind-Bonnet Plume River area was concentrated on uranium-copper mineralization associated with...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Model of mineralization related to cauldron facies syenite in the Pelly Mountains
The Mississippian volcanic rocks and associated mineralization in the Pelly Mountains were studied by J. Morin during 1979 and 1980. Alkaline and calc-alkaline Mississippian...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Mount Byng property, south Yukon
An interesting grassroots exploration prospect is associated with a Lower Cretaceous intrusive complex on the ridge north of Mt. Byng, 50 km northeast of Whitehorse. Brecciated...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Heavy minerals in the gravels of Highet Creek, Yukon Territory, 115 P/9, 16
The Highet Creek area, 25 km northwest of Mayo, has been mined for placer gold continuously since 1903 by many individual operations. In this study, samples were taken from the...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Lead isotope signatures of Tintina Gold Province intrusions and associated...
This paper presents new lead isotope data from intrusive rocks and several mineral deposits from the southeastern portion of the Tintina Gold Province (TGP). Lead isotopic...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Marg property, central Yukon
The Marg deposit consists of four stacked massive sulphide lenses hosted by Devono-Mississippian felsic metavolcanic rocks. Based on 1988 and 1989 diamond drilling, reserves are...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Metal-ratio zonation in the Keno Hill district, central Yukon
Silver has been won from narrow vein faults in the Keno Hill district for nearly 70 years. During this period, 3.9 million tonnes (4.3 million tons) of ore have yielded 5754...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
The Goz Creek zinc deposit, Yukon Territory
In June 1973, abundant dolostone rubble and stream debris mineralized with sphalerite was found in several tributaries of Goz Creek in a remote part of the eastern Yukon near...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geology of the Division Mountain Coal Deposit of Cash Resources Ltd.
The Division Mountain coal deposit lies within the Tanglefoot Formation which is interpreted as a complex fluvial-deltaic system, probably of Middle Jurassic age. Drilling has...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geology of Joe Mountain map area, southern Yukon Territory, 1:50,000-scale...
Geological map including geological cross sections and mineral occurrences.Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Yukon Mining, Development & Exploration Overview 2005
This volumes contains overviews on Yukon Mining, Development and Exploration, Placer Mining, Mining Incentives Program, and activities of the Yukon Geological Survey....Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geology of pyrite-sphalerite-galena concentrations in Proterozoic quartzite...
The Quartz Lake sedimentary hosted lead-zinc occurrence is 70 km northeast of Watson Lake. Proterozoic rocks of the area are divided into three groups of argillite, quartzite...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geology of Seagull Tin District
The Seagull District is noted for its tungsten, tin, molybdenum, lead, zinc, gold and silver bearing skarn, vein and porphyry deposits which are associated with Cretaceous...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geology of the Mount M'Clintock Map Area (105D/16), Southern Yukon Territory
The Mount M'Clintock map area, northeast of Whitehorse, is dominated by Middle Triassic to Jurassic sedimentary and volcanic strata of Stikinia with small portions of the Cache...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Goddell property, south Yukon
Quartz-stibnite veins at Goddell Gully represent only a few of the several antimony occurrences on Carbon Hill. Strong east-trending structures contain the showings over at...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Gold-sulphide enrichment processes in mesothermal veins of the Sixtymile...
The upper Sixtymile River area is located approximately 128 km west of Dawson City, Yukon. Lithology in this area consists of Precambrian to Paleozoic metamorphic rocks,...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Gold in skarns of the Whitehorse Copper Belt southern Yukon
Skarns in the Whitehorse Copper Belt occur in both dolomitic and calcareous carbonate rocks near contacts with the diorite contact phase of the Whitehorse Batholith. The skarns...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geology and mineral occurrences of the Quartet Lakes map area (NTS 106E/1),...
The Quartet Lakes map area is underlain by rocks that range in age from Early Proterozoic to early Paleozoic. Stratified rocks include, from oldest to youngest, the Lower...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Isotopic age determinations of some metamorphic and igneous rocks from...
Clinton Creek asbestos deposit is 77 km northwest of Dawson City on Clinton Creek in Yukon Territory. Eight samples of the Nasina Quartzite and Klondike Schist and one of a...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML