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Microearthquake Seismicity on the Duke River, Denali Fault System
A seven station seismograph array operated at two sites on the western segment of the Duke River Fault between May 22, 1987 and August 13, 1987 detected 146 earthquakes of...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
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 -
Mineral zoning in the Keno Hill silver-lead-zinc mining district, Yukon
The Keno Hill-Galena Hill mining district of central Yukon has been a prolific silver-lead-zinc producer since the early part of the century. Typical orebodies are extensive...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Minor elements in sphalerite from carbonate-hosted zinc-lead deposits, Yukon...
Minor element concentrations in sphalerite from carbonate-hosted zinc-lead deposits in the Northern Cordillera have been determined to define the metallogeny of this remote...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Geologic setting, genesis, and potential of the Rusty Springs Ag-Pb-Zn-Cu...
Despite many years of exploration and relatively limited success, the Rusty Springs prospect retains considerable potential for a large-tonnage deposit. The property lies...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 -
High level terraces along Lower Stewart River and parts of Yukon River
Surficial geology mapping of the lower Stewart River valley has revealed sets of high level terraces formed when the paleo-Stewart River and the paleo-Yukon River were at...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
High Level Terraces Along Parts of Yukon River and Sixtymile River (115 N/9...
High level terraces representing former valley bottom deposits exist along Yukon River and several of its tributaries. The terraces contain fluvial gravel deposits wich are...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Hyland Gold property, southeastern Yukon
The Hyland Gold prospect is a low-grade oxide gold deposit hosted by Proterozoic sedimentary rocks. The deposit is associated with an almost flat-lying siderite manto cut by...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Interlayered sedimentary-volcanic sequence, Mt. Skukum volcanic complex
The Eocene Skukum volcanic complex, 60 km south-southwest of Whitehorse, is elliptical in plan, covers an area of about 140 km², and unconformably overlies Cretaceous granitic...Date updated: 2011-04-04Date created: 2011-04-04Publisher: Yukon Geological SurveyFormat: HTML -
Intrusive-breccia-hosted gold mineralization associated with ca. 92 Ma...
The Bear Paw breccia zone is located at the Clear Creek property in the Tintina gold belt, central Yukon Territory. Gold mineralization occurs in hydrothermal breccias with...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 -
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 -
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 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 -
Flood basalts of the Wrangellia Terrane, southwest Yukon: Implications for...
The Wrangellia Terrane along the northwest margin of North America is an extensive accreted oceanic plateau. These volcanic sequences erupted onto an extinct island arc in less...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 -
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