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Yukon Exploration and Geology 2007
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Ecoregions of the Yukon Territory - Biophysical Properties of a Yukon Landscape
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Yukon Placer Mining Industry 2003 to 2006 |
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Yukon Mineral Deposits 2007 |
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Yukon Mineral Property Update 2007 |
Joint Economic Development and Yukon Geological Survey Brochures:
- Copper [2 MB
] - Gold [2 MB ]
- Zinc [4 MB ]
- Tungsten [2 MB ]
- Iron [2 MB ]
- Coal [2 MB ]
- Discover Yukon [1 MB ]
Yukon Geological Survey Brochures:
- 2007-1: White River Ash, Yukon [4 MB ]
by K. West and A. Donaldson - 2007-2: A guide to soil sampling in Yukon [4 MB ]
by J.D. Bond - 2007-3: Yukon Dinosaurs: fossil and footprints [1 MB ]
Yukon Placer Database 2007 - Geology and mining activity of placer occurrences
compiled by W.P. LeBarge
Download maps and database free (Access2000 - 488 MB version or run-time version - 397 MB)
CD-ROM $30.00
Yukon Igneous Database Online - Geochemistry of Igneous Rocks, 2007
compiled by J. Mair, C. Hart and L. Lewis
Yukon MINFILE Online - A database of mineral occurrences
compiled by R. Deklerk
Yukon Geoscience Publications Database Online, 2007
compiled by D.S. Emond, L.H. Weston and L.L. Lewis
Mining and Petroleum Environment Research Group (MPERG) Reports
MPERG Report 2007-1: Regeneration on Linear Developments Subject to Wildfires in a Zone of Continuous Permafrost [3.5 MB ]
Non-Technical Summary [.01 MB ]
by C. Jacobsen
MPERG Report 2007-2: Reference Condition Approach Bioassessment of Yukon River Basin Placer Mining Streams Sampled in 2006 [2 MB ]
Non-Technical Summary [.01MB ]
by J.L. Bailey, T.B. Reynoldson and R.C. Bailey
MPERG Report 2007-3: Gold Run Creek Erosion Control Project: 2006 Follow-up Monitoring [2 MB ]
Non-Technical Summary [.01 MB ]
by Laberge Environmental Services
MPERG Report 2007-4: Shrub Trial Plots – Brewery Creek Mine: 2006 Follow-up Monitoring [3 MB ]
Non-Technical Summary [.01 MB ]
by Laberge Environmental Services
MPERG Report 2007-5: 2006 Regional Water Quality, Sediment and Benthic Invertebrate Assessment for the South MacMillan River Watershed, MacMillan Pass, Yukon [3.6 MB ]
Non-Technical Summary [.09 MB ]
by Gartner Lee Ltd.
2008 Open Files
Table Listing of Published maps for Wernecke Mountains, Yukon aeromagnetic survey:
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NTS Sheet No. |
Total Magnetic Field |
First Vertical Derivative |
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GSC Open File/YGS Open File |
GSC Open File/YGS Open File |
| 106 B/NW (part) |
5411/2008-05 |
5418/2008-12 |
| 106 B/S (part) |
5412/2008-06 |
5419/2008-13 |
| 106 C/N (part) |
5413/2008-07 |
5420/2008-14 |
| 106 C/S |
5414/2008-08 |
5421/2008-15 |
| 106 D/N |
5415/2008-09 |
5422/2008-16 |
| 106 E/S (part) |
5416/2008-10 |
5423/2008-17 |
| 106 F/S (part) |
5417/2008-11 |
5424/2008-18 |
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All Yukon geophysical surveys can be downloaded free of charge from the Geoscience Data Repository from Natural Resources Canada.
Open File 2008-1: Allen, T.L., Fraser, T.A. and Osadetz, K.G., 2008. Rock-Eval/TOC data for 18 wells, Peel Plateau and Plain, Yukon Territory (65o 50’ to 67 o 00’ N; 133 o 45’ to 135 o 15’ W). Yukon Geological Survey, 14 p. plus spreadsheet(s). [0.8 MB ] or Spreadsheet [0.2 MB 
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Open File 2008-5: Kiss, F. and Coyle, M., 2008. Total field magnetic, Wernecke Mountain Aeromagnetic Survey, NTS 106B (NW quadrant), Yukon. Yukon Geological Survey; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5411, scale 1:100 000. [6.9 MB ]
Open File 2008-6: Kiss, F. and Coyle, M., 2008. Total field magnetic, Wernecke Mountain Aeromagnetic Survey, NTS 106B (south half), Yukon. Yukon Geological Survey; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5412, scale 1:100 000. [13.2 MB ]
Open File 2008-7: Kiss, F. and Coyle, M., 2008. Total field magnetic, Wernecke Mountain Aeromagnetic Survey, NTS 106C (north half), Yukon. Yukon Geological Survey; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5413, scale 1:100 000.
Open File 2008-8: Kiss, F. and Coyle, M., 2008. Total field magnetic, Wernecke Mountain Aeromagnetic Survey, NTS 106C (south half), Yukon. Yukon Geological Survey; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5414, scale 1:100 000. [17.5 MB ]
Open File 2008-9: Kiss, F. and Coyle, M., 2008. Total field magnetic, Wernecke Mountain Aeromagnetic Survey, NTS 106D (north half), Yukon. Yukon Geological Survey; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5415, scale 1:100 000. [23.9 MB ]
Open File 2008-10: Kiss, F. and Coyle, M., 2008. Total field magnetic, Wernecke Mountain Aeromagnetic Survey, NTS 106E (south half), Yukon. Yukon Geological Survey; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5416, scale 1:100 000. [19.0 MB ]
Open File 2008-11: Kiss, F. and Coyle, M., 2008. Total field magnetic, Wernecke Mountain Aeromagnetic Survey, NTS 106F (south half), Yukon. Yukon Geological Survey; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5417, scale 1:100 000. [17.2 MB ]
Open File 2008-12: Kiss, F. and Coyle, M., 2008. First vertical derivative of the magnetic field, Wernecke Mountain Aeromagnetic Survey, NTS 106B (NW quadrant), Yukon. Yukon Geological Survey; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5417, scale 1:100 000. [7.0 MB ]
Open File 2008-13: Kiss, F. and Coyle, M., 2008. First vertical derivative of the magnetic field, Wernecke Mountain Aeromagnetic Survey, NTS 106B (south half), Yukon. Yukon Geological Survey; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5418, scale 1:100 000. [12.3 MB ]
Open File 2008-14: Kiss, F. and Coyle, M., 2008. First vertical derivative of the magnetic field, Wernecke Mountain Aeromagnetic Survey, NTS 106C (north half), Yukon. Yukon Geological Survey; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5419, scale 1:100 000. [12.4 MB ]
Open File 2008-15: Kiss, F. and Coyle, M., 2008. First vertical derivative of the magnetic field, Wernecke Mountain Aeromagnetic Survey, NTS 106C (south half), Yukon. Yukon Geological Survey; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5420, scale 1:100 000. [12.5 MB ]
Open File 2008-16: Kiss, F. and Coyle, M., 2008. First vertical derivative of the magnetic field, Wernecke Mountain Aeromagnetic Survey, NTS 106D (north half), Yukon. Yukon Geological Survey; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5421, scale 1:100 000. [12.3 MB ]
Open File 2008-17: Kiss, F. and Coyle, M., 2008. First vertical derivative of the magnetic field, Wernecke Mountain Aeromagnetic Survey, NTS 106E (south half), Yukon. Yukon Geological Survey; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5421, scale 1:100 000. [10.8 MB ]
Open File 2008-18: Kiss, F. and Coyle, M., 2008. First vertical derivative of the magnetic field, Wernecke Mountain Aeromagnetic Survey, NTS 106F (south half), Yukon. Yukon Geological Survey; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5423, scale 1:100 000. [11.9 MB ]
2007 Open Files
YGS Open File 2007-1/NWT Open File 2007-002: Rock-Eval 6/TOC analyses from outcrop samples in northern Mackenzie Mountains, eastern Richardson Mountains, and southern Peel Plateau and Plain, Northwest Territories and Yukon, Canada [1 MB ]
by L.P. Gal, T.L. Allen, T.A. Fraser, T. Hadlari, Y. Lemieux, L.J. Pyle and W.G. Zantvoort
Report, readme, spreadsheet; all files free on-line
YGS Open File 2007-2: Yukon Stratigraphic Correlation Chart [20 MB ]
by L. Pigage
$5.00
YGS Open File 2007-3: A transect through the accreted terranes of the northern Canadian Cordillera: from Cassiar, British Columbia to Kluane Lake, Yukon [18 MB ]
by M. Colpron, J. Nelson, and S. Israel
Guide Book No. 15 for Arizona Geological Society Ores & Orogenesis Symposium, September 24-30, 2007: Tucson, Arizona Geological Society; Yukon Geological Survey, 84 p. plus 1:1 000 000-scale map
$20.00
YGS Open File 2007-4: Preliminary Geology Map of NTS 95D/6 (1:50 000 scale) [8 MB ]
by L. Pigage
$5.00
YGS Open File 2007-5: List of Wells and Formation Tops, Yukon Territory, version 1.0 [0.2 MB ]
by T. Fraser and B. Hogue
1 p. plus spreadsheet [ 0.2 MB]
YGS Open File 2007-6: Geology of the northern Whitehorse trough, Yukon (NTS 105 E/12, 13, and parts of 11 and 14; 105L/4 and parts of 3 and 5; parts of 115H/9 and 16; 115I/1 and part of 8)(1:150 000-scale) [25 MB ]
by M. Colpron, S. Gordey, G. Lowey, D. White and S. Piercey
$5.00
YGS Open File 2007-7: Bedrock Geology, Miles Ridge area, Yukon (parts of NTS 115F/15, 16 and 115K/1, 2)(1:50 000 scale) [3 MB ]
by S. Israel
$5.00
YGS Open File 2007-8: Bedrock Geology, Koidern River area, Yukon (parts of NTS 115F/9, 15, 16 and 115G/12)(1: 50 000 scale) [3 MB ]
by S. Israel
$5.00
YGS Open File 2007-9: Bedrock geology of part of Stevenson Ridge area, Yukon (NTS 115J/3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, part of 11 and 12; 115K/1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, part of 15 and 16)(1:125 000 scale) [10 MB ]
by D. Murphy, C. van Staal and J.K. Mortensen
$5.00
Roadside Geology of the Dempster Highway, Northwest Territories and Yukon - A traveler’s guide to the Geology of Canada’s most northwestern road. Yukon Geological Survey and Northwest Territories Geoscience Office; YGS Open File 2007-10 / NWT Open Report 2007-05, 92 p., $20.00 by Pyle, L., Roots, C., Allen, T., Fraser, T., Bond, J., Jones, A. and Gal, L., 2007.[3 MB ]
Roadside Geology of the Dempster Highway, Northwest Territories & Yukon - A geological roadmap for Canada’s most northwestern road. Yukon Geological Survey and Northwest Territories Geoscience Office, YGS Open File 2007-11 / NWT Open Report 2007-009, 1 folded map with notes, ???$ by Jones, A.L. & Pyle, L.J. (compilers), 2007.[3 MB ]
2008 Mineral Exploration Roundup:
- Sedimentary Provenance of the Paleoproterozoic Wernecke Supergroup, Yukon Territory: Project Outline and Preliminary Results [5.6 MB ] by F. Furnlanetto, D.J. Thorkelson, D. Marshall, H.D. Gibon and R. Rainbird
- Unconventional Exploration Criteia for Intrusion-related Gold Deposits: New Constraints on Metal Enrichment Process at Clear Creek, Yukon and Fort Knox, Alaska [12.5 MB ] by J.J Hanleym E.T.C Spooner, C.J.R Hart and C.A. Heinrich
- Sedimentary Provenance of the Wernecke Supergroup (Wernecke Mountains, Yukon): Fieldwork 2007 and Petrography [10 MB ] by F. Furlanetto, D.. Thorkelson
2007 Geoscience Forum:
- Canada-Russia Indian River Placer Research Project [0.7 MB ] by William LeBarge, Vladimir Naumov, Hya Naumov and Vitalii Bryukhov
- Don't throw out the overburden! Reconstructing Yukon's history from overburden drill core [0.7 MB ] by Jeff Bond and Grant Zazula
- Effects of the White River Ash Event on Aquatic Ecosystems (0.7 MB ) by Joan Bunbury and Konrad Gajewski
- Evidence for a 55 - 50 Ka (Early Wisconsin) Glaciation of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet, Yukon Territory, Canada [12 MB ] by Brent Ward, Jeff Bond, John Gosse and Duane Froese
- Geology of the northern Whitehorse trough, Yukon [30 MB ] by Maurice Colpron
- Geoscience Outreach Activities of the Yukon Geological Survey [8 MB ] by Karen Pelletier and Charlie Roots
- New bedrock geological map of western Stevenson Ridge area, western Yukon: Insights into the stratigraphy and mineral potential of 'Windy McKinley terrane’ [11 MB ] by Don Murphy, Cees van Staal and James K. Mortensen
- Preliminary Geology Map of 95D/6 (Otter Creek area), southeast Yukon [3 MB ] by Lee Pigage
- Prospecting for Gravel in North Yukon: A Process-based Approach to Aggregate Development along the Eagle River [1 MB ] by Kristen Kennedy and Duane Froese
- Surficial geology investigations in Wellesley Basin and Nisling Range, southwest Yukon [3 MB ]by Jeff Bond and Panya Lipovsky
- The Giant Crest Iron Deposit - Yukon and Northwest Territories [3 MB ] by Lara Lewis, Luke Ootes and Geoffrey Bradshaw
- Yukon MINFILE [6 MB ] is now available on the web by Robert Deklerk
- Update on bedrock mapping in the Kluane Ranges, southwest Yukon [10 MB ] by Steve Israel and Rosie Cobbett
- Hydrocarbon potential of Upper Paleozoic and Cretaceous strata, eastern Richardson Mountains and Peel Plateau, Yukon [4 MB ] by Tiffani Fraser and Tammy Allen
- Mount Steele Rock & Ice Avalanches, July 2007 [1.7 MB ] by Panya Lipovsky
- Yukon Digital Surficial Geology Compilation [3.4 MB ] by Panya Lipovsky and Jeffrey Bond
- 2007 Yukon Exploration & Development [12 MB
] by Mineral Services Division