Mineral Industry Report 1975

This report is a review of the Yukon mineral industry for 1975 by the Geology Section, Northern Natural Resources and Environment Branch, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs. It includes descriptions of work conducted on mineral claims by individuals and mineral exploration companies and operating summaries of the several producing mines in the Yukon. It also contains technical papers on select properties. Information in this report was obtained from visits to mineral properties, from personal communication with individuals and from technical reports, trade journals, newspapers, publications of the Geological Survey of Canada and the monthly reports of the District Mining Recorders. A list of assessment reports, both confidential and those available for inspection, is included in the list of Technical Reports. In this report, activities of the mineral industry are divided into lode mining and exploration, coal mining and exploration and placer mining.