Yukon Gold-Silver File Description of Occurrences

Yukon Gold-Silver File is an inventory of gold- and silver-bearing mineral deposits and occurrences in Yukon. It follows the 1984 Open File entitled Gold-Silver Deposits and Occurrences in Yukon Territory by J.A. Morin and D.A. Downing. Other sources of information include:: 1) Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Reports, including a) Yukon Exploration (and Geology) reports up to and including Yukon Exploration 1984-86 (noted as YEX, YEG and YGE), and b) Mineral Industry Reports (MIR); 2) preceding Mineral Industry Reports and other geological reports by the Geological Survey of Canada (G.S.C. Papers, memoirs, bulletins and maps); 3) assessment reports (only non-confidential information is included) filed by mineral exploration companies with Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (this is not a complete listing, check mining assessment report index); 4) university theses; 5) personal communication with mineral explorationists and prospectors; and 6) data accumulated by property investigations by J.A. Morin and D.S. Emond (until August, 1987).