Granite Pegmatites in Yukon and Northwest Territories, Research Report

A Government of Yukon report describes research on granitic pegmatites in Yukon and western Northwest Territories. The report details the scientific and economic interest of these rocks, including their potential for rare element mining and gemstone discovery. The document was last updated on April 17, 2026.

Use Cases

• Identify potential mining sites for rare elements like tantalum, niobium, and lithium based on geological descriptions.
• Assess gemstone potential for minerals like emerald, topaz, and tourmaline based on pegmatite characteristics.
• Study crustal melting and magma fractionation processes using geological information from pegmatites.
• Support relative and absolute dating of tectonic events using mineralogical information from pegmatites.

Strengths

• Report is authored by the Government of Yukon, an authoritative source.
• Last updated date is explicitly provided: 2026-04-17.
• Description provides specific scientific and economic reasons for interest, including named rare elements (Ta, Nb, Li, Rb, Cs, Be, Sn) and gemstones (emerald, topaz, aquamarine, tourmaline).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the open_canada platform.

Provenance

Source

Government of Yukon | Gouvernement du Yukon

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:50:45.201707; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Yukon and western Northwest Territories, Canadian Cordillera