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Geology and alteration signature of a Middle Proterozoic Bear River dyke in...
The Middle Proterozoic Bear River dykes (ca.1.27 Ga) are mafic intrusions that crosscut the Gillespie Lake Group of the Wernecke Supergroup in the Slats Creek and Fairchild Lake...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Sedimentology and hydrocarbon potential of fluvial strata in the Tantalus...
Extensive conglomeratic strata in the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous Tantalus Formation were deposited in both shallow gravel-bed braided rivers, and deeper meandering gravel...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geology and mineralization on the Dromedary property, central Yukon
The Dromedary property consists of 344 claims on Dromedary Mountain, Kalzas Mountain, and the intervening Macmillan River valley, all immediately northeast of Tintina Trench and...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Element distribution in Yukon gold-silver deposits
One third of the gold and gold-silver deposits in Yukon were examined and sampled in 1980 to establish a framework of geology and rock chemistry from which variations within and...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Canyon property, southeastern Yukon
Galena and pyrrhotite occur in manganese-stained quartz-carbonate breccia beneath rusty limestone. Surface geology of the area suggests that the mineralization is a replacement...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Chieftain Hill property (Morning, Evening, Ocean), south Yukon
Chieftain Hill, near Skukum Creek gold deposit, is underlain by numerous spectacular orange, yellow and red goassans. Stibnite-quartz veins discovered on Chieftain Hill are...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Comparative studies of cataclastic allochtonous rocks in McQuesten, Laberge...
The recent tectonic synthesis of central Yukon outlines the affinity of several groups of cataclastic rocks preserved mostly as allochthonous sheets. The subduction processes...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Crescent property, south Yukon
The Crescent occurrence consists of black sphalerite, pyrrhotite, pyrite and magnetite in garnet-diopside-epidote-actinolite skarn hosted by sheared, brecciated schist and...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Dan property, south Yukon
Massive black sphalerite occurs with pyrrhotite and magnetite in up to 3 irregular but roughly concordant layers at the contact between massive white marble and hard green and...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Drilling techniques and evaluation of placer gold deposits
Even though standard churn drilling techniques may be recommended in placer gold sampling programs, other methods may prove to be more satisfactory. It is necessary that other...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Ancient Pacific Margin: A preliminary comparison of potential VMS-hosting...
In the inaugural year of the joint Geological Survey of Canada - British Columbia Geological Survey Branch - Yukon Geology Program Ancient Pacific Margin NATMAP project,...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Evidence of hydrothermal alteration in White Channel sediments and bedrock...
A post-depositional hydrothermal alteration product in White Channel sediments and underlying bedrock is divided into 3 zones. These zones, termed the Bleached Zone, the Iron...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Interpretation of an Airborne Multiparameter Geophysical Survey of the...
Much of the Yukon-Tanma Terrane escaped Pleistocene glaciation with the result that there is <1% outcrop across much of the terrane and weathered rock commonely extends to...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geology and Mineralization of the Tog, Listwaenite-Hosted Gold Occurrence,...
The TOG mineral occurrence is characterized by visible gold, low sulphide content and high gold grades associated with structurally controlled zones of intense carbonate...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geochronometric study of a Tertiary lamprophyre, MacMillan Pass, Yukon Territory
During 1977, Archer, Cathro and Associates Limited noted a number of conformable or paraconformable sills, at least 30 cm thick, of locally vesicular porphyritic augite-...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geological Mapping in the Campbell Range, Southeastern Yukon (Parts of 105...
The Finlayson Lake fault zone forms the boundary between autochthonous North American rocks and rocks of the innermost accreted Slide Mountain and Yukon-Tanana terranes in...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Cenozoic syntectonic sedimentation and strike-slip basin development along...
This is a multidisciplinary study which combines sedimentology and sedimentary petrology, palynology, organic petrology and structural analysis of the middle Cenozoic...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geology of Thirty-seven Mile Creek map area, southern Yukon Territory, (NTS 105D/13)
Geology of Thirty-Seven Mile Creek map area (1:50,000 scale), southern Yukon Territory (NTS 105D/13) including geological cross sections and mineral occurrences.Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geology and Gold Deposits at Ketza River, Yukon Territory
Gold mineralization at the Ketza River Mine occurs in massive manto replacement deposits along preferred horizons within Lower Cambrian limestone. Primary economic deposits...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geology and mineral deposits of southern Yukon
This report includes a summary of the mineral exploration history of Yukon, an outline of the geology of its southern part, and brief descriptions of the most important mineral...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML