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Micropetrology and mineral geochemistry of the Tombstone and Deadman...
Micropetrographic observations and mineral geochemistry data, along with previously reported whole-rock geochemistry, defined an A-type granite-affinity for the Tombstone and...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Preliminary results of a petrological study of ultramafic rocks of the...
The Cache Creek (CCT) and Slide Mountain terranes (SMT), including the Seventymile Terrane in Alaska of the Northern Cordillera consist of oceanic assemblages that have been...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Paleoproterozoic volcanism and plutonism in the Wernecke Mountains, Yukon
The Paleoproterozoic Slab volcanics occur in three localities in the Wernecke Mountains. The largest exposure is at Slab Mountain and consists of a 0.6 x 0.25 km block of thin,...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 -
The Early Tertiary Sifton Range volcanic complex, southwestern Yukon
The early Tertiary magmatic episode in the northern Canadian Cordillera is linked to the restructuring of the Kula-North American plate system from orthogonal to oblique...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Tectonic significance of plutonism in the Thirtymile Range, southern Yukon
Two distinct but undeformed suites of granitic plutons intrude deformed siliciclastic rocks in western Dorsey Terrane. A calc-alkaline hornblende-bearing gabbro to granodiorite...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Lithogeochemistry of meta-volcanic rocks from Yukon-Tanana Terrane,...
In this paper, we present a preliminary assessment of the lithogeochemical characteristics of meta-volcanic rocks in the Finlayson Lake region. Unit 2 mafic meta-volcanic rocks...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Jurassic plate motions of the Stikine Terrane, southern Yukon: A...
The ~177 Ma Teslin Crossing Pluton was studied paleomagnetically to determine the post-Early Jurassic tectonic motions of the northern Stikine Terrane. There are few published...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Character and metallogeny of Permian, Jurassic and Cretaceous plutons in the...
Between the Swift and Nisutlin rivers, unmetamorphosed granite to ultramafic intrusions of four ages (from Permian through Cretaceous) span the amalgamation of Cassiar Platform...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
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 -
Geochemical characterization of Carboniferous volcanic successions from...
Detailed mapping of Yukon-Tanana Terrane in Glenlyon map area has identified two Carboniferous volcanic successions, and their subvolcanic intrusions. The early-to mid-...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geological characteristics of high-level subvolcanic porphyritic intrusions...
During the 2000 field season, a project was initiated to study the geology, geochemistry and alteration characteristics of high-level subvolcanic porphyritic intrusions...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
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 -
Age, geochemical and metallogenic investigations of Cretaceous intrusions in...
The geochronology and geochemistry of Cretaceous intrusions and associated mineralization in southeastern Yukon and southwestern NWT is the focus of a new research project. The...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Age, geochemistry, paleotectonic setting and metallogeny of Late...
Late Triassic to Early Jurassic age (~220-185 Ma) intrusions comprise one of the most widespread and volumetrically significant plutonic suites in central and western Yukon, and...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML