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 Main Gravel units along the creek and the mineralogy of heavy concentrates analyzed. The gold morphology and variation of gold concentrations at different sample sites were examined.

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Publisher Yukon Geological Survey


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License Open Government Licence - Yukon
Date published 2011-04-04
Date updated 2011-04-04


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