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Yukon Exploration and Geology 2025

Yukon Exploration and Geology

2025 Overview Papers

• Yukon Geological Survey overview, 2025 – D. Rainey - https://data.geology.gov.yk.ca/Reference/96136#InfoTab  
• Yukon placer mining development and exploration overview2025 – S. van Loon - https://data.geology.gov.yk.ca/Reference/96137#InfoTab  
• Yukon hardrock mining, development and exploration overview, 2025 – Skerget, S.W. and Naber, T.V. - https://data.geology.gov.yk.ca/Reference/96138#InfoTab 

Yukon Exploration and Geology 2025 Technical papers

• A preliminary HVSR investigation of the shallow structure of the Teslin fault, southern Yukon - Afolabi, D.O., Gilbert, H., Gosselin, J.M. and Dettmer, J. - https://data.geology.gov.yk.ca/Reference/96139#InfoTab  
• Stratigraphic, geochronological, and geochemical constraints on the genesis of Late Cretaceous volcanic rocks in the Sixtymile district of west central Yukon, Canada (NTS 116C/2, 115N/15) - Butty, E., Sack, P.J., Leybourne, M. and Crowley, J. - https://data.geology.gov.yk.ca/Reference/96140#InfoTab  
• Preliminary investigation of seismic site conditions in Whitehorse (Kwänlin), Yukon, from passive seismic methods - Byer, J.F., Gosselin, J.M., Dettmer, J. and Gilbert, H. - https://data.geology.gov.yk.ca/Reference/96141#InfoTab  
• The December 6, 2025 Mw 7.0 earthquake in Yukon, Canada: Tectonic significance and observations of ground failure - Finley, T., Gosselin, J.M., Biegel, K.M., Lipovsky, P.S., Cronmiller, D.C., Schaeffer, A.J. and Dettmer, J. - https://data.geology.gov.yk.ca/Reference/96142#InfoTab
• Current tectonics of the Richardson Mountains, northwestern Canada, from preliminary double-difference earthquake relocations - Schaeffer, A.J., Gosselin, J.M., Audet, P., Cassidy, J.F. and Paul, C. - https://data.geology.gov.yk.ca/Reference/96143#InfoTab  
• Preliminary analysis of the sequence stratigraphy and geochemistry of the Portrait Lake Formation at Macmillan Pass, Yukon, Canada - Schultz, S.K., Catuneanu, O. and Gordon, J.B. - https://data.geology.gov.yk.ca/Reference/96144#InfoTab  
• Ordovician to Devonian stratigraphy of Nááts'įhch'oh National Park Reserve, Northwest Territories – Schultz, S.K. and Reynolds, M.A. - https://data.geology.gov.yk.ca/Reference/96145#InfoTab  
• Mapping geohazards to support climate adaptation on Yukon's transportation network - Stewart-Jones, E. and Painter, M. - https://data.geology.gov.yk.ca/Reference/96146#InfoTab  
• Assessing Miles Ridge landslide activity using an integrated ground-RPAS-satellite approach - Stix, J., Roman, J., Kalacska, M., Lucanus, O., Lipovsky, P.S. and Arroyo-Mora, P. - https://data.geology.gov.yk.ca/Reference/96147#InfoTab  
• In-situ monazite geochronological constraints on the timing of vein formation and gold mineralization in the Klondike gold district, western Yukon - Stroh, B.A., Ambrose, T.K., Allan, M.A. and Smit, M.A. - https://data.geology.gov.yk.ca/Reference/96148#InfoTab 

Open files

• Kitchen, J.G., Brubacher, A.D., Essman, J., Valli, F., Johansson, P., Kocay, B., Crowley, J.L. and Larson, K.P., 2025. Geology and bedrock mapping updates at the Coffee Project gold deposit: implications for deposit classification. Yukon Geological Survey, Government of Yukon, Open File 2025-6, 50 p. plus appendices.
• Kitchen, J.G., Essman, J.E., Brubacher, A.D. and Johansson, P., 2025. Bedrock geology map of the Coffee Project, Dawson Range, Yukon (parts of NTS 115J/13, 14 and 15). Yukon Geological Survey, Government of Yukon, Open File 2025-5, scale 1:50 000.
• Colpron, M., McClelland, W.C., Piercey, S.J., Kroeger, E.D.L., Crowley, J.L. and Gehrels, G.E., 2025. New geochronological and geochemical data for Permian rocks of the western Yukon-Tanana terrane, Klondike district, Yukon. Yukon Geological Survey, Government of Yukon, Open File 2025-4, 35 p. plus appendices.
• Ellis, S.H.M., 2025. Preliminary observations from four reduced intrusion-related gold deposits, Selwyn basin, Yukon. Yukon Geological Survey, Government of Yukon, Open File 2025-3, 46 p. plus appendices.
• Ackerson, C.M., Ward, B. and Kennedy, K., 2025. Surficial Geology of the Central Kluane Ranges (parts of NTS 115B/15, 16 and 115G /1, 2, 3, 6 and 7). Yukon Geological Survey, Government of Yukon, Open File Map 2025-2, scale 1:50 000, 2 sheets.
• Cobbett, R.N., Beranek, L.P., Colpron, M., Piercey, S.J., Crowley, J.L., Strauss, J.V. and Taylor, J.F., 2025. Geochemistry and geochronology of Cambrian and Upper Ordovician mafic igneous rocks along the Dawson fault zone, Yukon. Yukon Geological Survey, Government of Yukon, Open File 2025-1, 42 p. plus appendices.
• Cobbett, R.N., Beranek, L.P., Colpron, M., Piercey, S.J., Crowley, J.L., Strauss, J.V. and Taylor, J.F., 2025 Geochemistry and geochronology of Cambrian and Upper Ordovician mafic igneous rocks along the Dawson fault zone, Yukon. Yukon Geological Survey, Government of Yukon, Open File 2025-1, 42 p. plus appendices.

Geoscience Maps

• Skipton, D.R., 2024. Bedrock geology map of the McQuesten Lake area, central Yukon (parts of NTS 106D/2, 3, 6 & 7). Yukon Geological Survey, Geoscience Map 2024-1, scale 1:50 000.

Data sets

• Surficial geology data set: A Yukon-wide compilation of spatial data derived from over 195 surficial geology maps originally published at scales ranging from 1:10,000 to 1:250,000. 

Miscellaneous Reports

• Mitchinson, D., Cowan, D.C., Colpron, M., Fournier, D., Naylor, A., Dipple, G.M., Cutts, J.A., Milidragovic, D., 2024. Regional scale 3D modelling of magnetic data to assess carbon mineralization potential of serpentinized ultramafic rocks in the Yukon. Yukon Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Report 26, 18 p.