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A note on preliminary lithogeochemistry of the Fire Lake area
The Fyre Lake volcanic-hosted massive sulphide (VMS) deposit is located about 160 km northwest of Watson Lake in the Finlayson Lake district of southeastern Yukon. The deposit...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
A structural analysis of the upper Swift River area (105 B/3), Yukon, Part...
Marble, calc-silicate rock and pelitic layers of the Ram Creek assemblage surrounding the Dan Zn (± Cu-Pb-Ag) occurrence display ample evidence of a monocyclic structural...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Bimodal Volcanism Along the Tintina Trench, Near Faro and Ross River
Bimodal Tertiary volcanic rocks are exposed along the Tintina Trench in central Yukon in the Glenlyon, Grew Creek, and Ketza areas. Basalt and rhyolite are interbedded with...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Biogeochemical prospecting in the Yukon-Tanana Terrane, Yukon Territory
Restoration of the 450 km of right lateral movement on the Tintina Fault brings the massive sulphide-rich Finlayson area of the Yukon-Tanana Terrane to a location southeast of...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Biostratigraphy of the Lower to Middle Jurassic Laberge Group, Whitehorse...
New ammonite collections from fine-grained rocks of the Laberge Group in the Whitehorse area are assigned nine ammonite zones or assemblages using the recently established North...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
A note on rock geochemistry of the Clear Lake massive sulphide
In 1978, a drillhole discovery of a barite associated massive sulphide was made on the SUE claims by Conwest Exploration in central Yukon. This report presents geochemical data...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Placer Mining and Exploration Compilation (106D)
A placer mining and exploration compilation of NTS map sheet 106D, central Yukon Territory, Canada. This compilation includes the location, history and previous work,...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Bimodal Paleogene volcanics near Tintina fault, east-central Yukon, and...
A bimodal volcanic suite of rhyolite intrusions and flows and columnar olivine basalt, basaltic tuff and tuff breccia occurs along and immediately north of the Tintina Fault...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Distribution of Miles Canyon basalt in the Whitehorse area and implications...
Miocene Miles Canyon basalts play a critical role in the historical development and modern economics of the City of Whitehorse. Where cut by the Yukon River, the unnavigable...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
A new mineral occurrence in Yukon-Tanana Terrane near Little Salmon Lake...
A new occurrence of sulphide-bearing iron formation is reported from a roadcut of Yukon-Tanana Terrane rocks along the Robert Campbell Highway, near Little Salmon Lake. This new...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Placer Mining and Exploration Compilation (105A/B/C/D)
A placer mining and exploration compilation of parts of the Watson Lake and Whitehorse mining districts, southern Yukon Territory, Canada. This compilation includes the...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
A new geological map of Mt. Hundere and the area north
This summary of geological studies in the Mt. Hundere area of central Watson Lake map sheet was undertaken as part of a Master's thesis completed at Queen's University in 1977....Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
A new geological map of the upper Coal River area
The area at the headwaters of the Coal River was remapped during 1978 and 1979. This report presents revisions to work done previously in the area.Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
A sedimentologic description of Clear Creek Fluviatile sediments 115 P, central Yukon
Clear Creek drainage basin contains fluviatile gravels which have been explored and mined for placer gold since the early 1900's. This paper briefly describes the various...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
A preliminary report on Hart River (116 A/10) - A Proterozoic massive...
In 1966, a conspicuous orange red gossan south of Hart River in the Wernecke Mountains was prospected and staked. The gossan is developed over a stratiform massive sulphide body...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
A short history of the finding of gold in the Klondike
Gold was first reported in the Yukon region by fur traders and missionaries in the mid 1800s. Fur trader Robert Campbell noted the presence of gold near the site of Fort Selkirk...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Brewery Creek property, west-central Yukon
The Brewery Creek property is a low grade oxide gold deposit hosted by syenitic intrusive rocks in the south Klondike area. The deposit apears to be structurally controlled by a...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Brewery Creek gold deposit, central Yukon
The Brewery Creek mine is a bulk tonnage gold deposit located 57 km east of Dawson City, in central Yukon, within the foothills of the Ogilvie Mountains along the northeastern...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Brewery Creek Gold Deposit
Brewery Creek is a bulk tonnage gold deposit 76 km east of Dawson. The economically important intrusive bodies are the semi-conformable sills of quartz monzonite which intrude...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Report on 2002 Geochemical Procedures used during Mineral Resource Assessments
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