TIMOTHY LIVERTON
Curriculum vitae
Dr. Tim Liverton, P.O. Box 393, Watson Lake, Yukon, Y0A 1C0
‘Phone & FAX: (867)-536 2910 (also ‘Phone 536 2316), E-mail: timliv@northwestel.net
Personal Details:
Born: Kent, U.K. 1944
Nationality: British and Canadian citizenship
High school education in Australia (N.S.W. Leaving Certificate, 1961)
Tertiary Education:
University of Sydney 1962-64: BSc in Geology and Geophysics
University of Adelaide 1967: BSc (Hons.) in Economic Geology
University of London (Royal Holloway College) 1988-1992 : PhD.
Thesis title: “Tectonics and Metallogeny of the Thirtymile Range, Yukon Territory, Canada.”
This was a study of Jurassic and Cretaceous granitic plutons, their relationship to deformation of
the Palaeozoic sedimentary sequence, geochemistry of the ‘ultrafractionated’ younger intrusions
and mineralogy and chemistry of Sn-B-F±W skarns produced by these halogen-rich alkali
granites.
Professional Experience:
February 2009 to present:
Self employed in the Yukon as a consultant specializing in structural geology and petrography –
mineragraphy of mineral deposits.
2005-January 2009:
Chief Geologist for Klondike Star Mineral Corp. Supervising geological work on quartz claims
in the Klondike, carrying out structural mapping in collaboration with researchers from the
University of Otago, performing petrographic and mineragraphic examination of rocks and mill
concentrates from the Klondike project. Assessment reports were prepared for the Government.
1998 to2005:
Self-employed, carrying out geological work on exploration programmes in the Yukon, B.C. and
NWT. on granite-related gold, skarns, V.M.S. base metals and ultramafic intrusions.
Cooperative research with the Yukon Geological Survey into (i) structural and regional geology
of the Yukon-Tanana terrane in the southeastern Yukon; and (ii) geochemistry and metallogeny
of the Cretaceous and Jurassic granitoids of the southern Yukon.
1996 and 1997:
Visiting Professor in Economic Geology at Universidade de Brasília, Brazil. Research into the
granites of the Tapajós goldfields in the southern Amazon Basin.
1995:
Self-employed, carrying out geological work on exploration programmes in the Yukon and
NWT. Assessment reports were prepared for the Territorial governments.
1993-1994:
In England, working part-time at the Museum of North Devon: cataloguing collections, preparing
displays and presenting the occasional lecture on local geology.
1988-1992:
Research student at Royal Holloway, University of London, U.K. Research into structural
geology of a region north of Teslin, Yukon: geochemistry and geochronology of granites and
skarn-related tin ± tungsten mineralization. Teaching undergraduate laboratory classes in
mineralogy and petrology.
1980-1987:
Self-employed, carrying out geological work on exploration programmes in the Yukon, B.C.,
N.W.T. and Saskatchewan. Projects included skarn-type tungsten, mesothermal gold veins,
V.M.S. base metals and unconformity-related uranium. Geological mapping and supervision of
geophysics and diamond drilling were performed. Assessment and company reports were
prepared as required.
1974-1979:
Employed by Union Carbide Exploration Corp. as an exploration geologist. Northern
hemisphere summers were spent on tungsten exploration in the Yukon, N.W.T. and northern
B.C; winters as mine geologist at Pine Creek, California, exploring for manganese in the
Amazon basin of Brazil, scheelite in Norway, and tungsten mine development in Portugal.
1973:
Working as a Site Agent (supervising civil engineering works) in England.
1971-1972:
Employed by Union Carbide Exploration Corp. in Australia to work on uranium exploration in
the Northern Territory: prospecting, geological mapping and supervision of drilling.
1968-1970:
Employed by Trans Australian Explorations (a consortium of Sumitomo, Bethlehem Copper,
Phelps Dodge and McPhar Geophysics). Prospecting and mapping some 2000 square miles of
north Queensland for porphyry, skarn, and V.M.S. mineralization. One tungsten porphyry was
found, as well as many small copper showings. Also some months were spent supervising
drilling for nickel in W.A.
1967:
At Crocker’s Well uranium deposit, South Australia (Electrolytic Zinc Corp.). Petrological and
geochemical studies were used for an honours thesis at Adelaide University.
1966:
Employed by Electrolytic Zinc Corp. as a field geologist on V.M.S. base metal exploration in the
Captain‘s Flat area, N.S.W. Geological mapping, surveying, geophysics and core logging were
performed.
1965:
Employed by R. Hare and Associates (consultants in Melbourne) to carry out regional mapping
and mine mapping in the Herberton Tin Field, Queensland, evaluation of beach placers in the
N.T. and mapping of a copper mine in the Pilbara region of W.A.
1964:
Summer employment with the Bureau of Mineral Resources (forerunner of the Australian
Government Geological Survey Organisation), Canberra: engineering geology and dam site
mapping.
Professional Memberships:
Fellow of the Geological Society of London. Validated as a Chartered Geologist
Member of the Geological Society of America
Fellow of the Geological Association of Canada
Member of the Society of Economic Geologists
Publications:
Bremner, T. and Liverton, T. 1991. Crescent, Dan property descriptions in: Exploration and
Geological Services Division, Yukon, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada: Yukon Exploration
1990 p. 25-30.
Coutinho, M.G. da N., Liverton, T. and de Souza, E.C. 1997. Granitic magmatism and related
gold mineralization in the Tapajós mineral province, Amazonian area, Brazil. Second
International Symposium on Granites and Associated Mineralizations, Extended abstracts.
Superintendência de Geologia e Recursos Minerais, Salvador, p. 46-47.
D'el-Rey Silva, L.J.H., Liverton, T., Paradis, S. and Roots, C. 2001. A structural analysis of the
upper Swift River area (105B/3), Yukon, Part I: Dan Zn occurrence and implications for sulphide
mineralization. In: Yukon Exploration and Geology 2000, D.S. Emond and L.H. Weston (eds.),
Exploration and Geological Services Division, Yukon, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, p.
289-300.
D'el-Rey Silva, L.J.H., Liverton, T., Roots, C. and Paradis, S. 2001. A structural analysis of the
upper Swift River area (105B/3), Yukon, Part II: the TBMB claims and implications for the
regional geology. In: Yukon Exploration and Geology 2000, D.S. Emond and L.H. Weston
(eds.), Exploration and Geological Services Division, Yukon, Indian and Northern Affairs
Canada, p. 301-310.
Hall, A., and Liverton, T. 1992. Trace ammonium in granites of the southern Yukon and its
petrogenetic significance. Yukon Geology V.3, Exploration and Geological Services Division,
Yukon, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, p. 45-51.
Liverton, T. 1990. Tin-bearing skarns of the Thirtymile Range, N.T.S. sheet 105C 9: a progress
report. In: Yukon Geology V.3, Exploration and Geological Services Division, Yukon, Indian
and Northern Affairs Canada, 52-70.
Liverton, T. 1997. The significance of plutonism to the origin of the Dorsey terrane, Yukon Territory ,
Canada. VI Simpósio Nacional de Estudos Tectônicos, Pirenópolis-GO, p.75-77.
Liverton, T. 1997. Highly evolved tin granites: a Canadian example. Second International Symposium on
Granites and Associated Mineralizations, Extended abstracts. Superintendência de Geologia e Recursos
Minerais, Salvador, p.218-219.
Liverton, T. and Alderton, D.H.M. 1994. Plutonic rocks of the Thirtymile Range, Dorsey Terrane:
ultrafractionated tin granites in the Yukon. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 31: 1557-1568.
Liverton, T. and Botelho, N.F. 2001. Fractionated alkaline rare-metal granites: two examples. Journal of
Asian Earth Sciences 19: 399-412.
Liverton, T. and Mann, W. 2011. Quartz vein gold mineralization in the Klondike Schist: the
Mitchell-Sheba system, central Klondike district, Yukon. In: Yukon Exploration and Geology
2010, Yukon Geological Survey.
Liverton, T., Mortensen J.K. and Roots, C.F. 2005. Character and metallogeny of Permian, Jurassic and
Cretaceous plutons in the southern Yukon-Tanana Terrane. In: Yukon Exploration and Geology 2004,
D.S. Emond, L.L. Lewis and G.D. Bradshaw (eds.), Yukon Geological Survey, p. 147-165.
Liverton, T., Thirlwall, M.F. and McClay, K.R. 2001. Tectonic significance of plutonism in the
Thirtymile Range, southern Yukon. In: Yukon Exploration and Geology 2000, D.S. Emond and L.H.
Weston (eds.), Exploration and Geological Services Division, Yukon, Indian and Northern Affairs
Canada, p. 171-180.
MacKenzie, D., Craw, D., Mortensen, J.M. and Liverton, T. 2008. Disseminated gold mineralization
associated with orogenic veins in the Klondike Schist, Yukon. In: Yukon Exploration and Geology 2007,
D.S. Emond, L.R. Blackburn, R.P. Hill and L.H. Weston (eds.), Yukon Geological Survey, p. 215-234.
Mortensen, J.K., Brand, A. and Liverton, T. 2007. Laser ablation ICP-MS U-Pb zircon ages for
Cretaceous plutonic rocks in the Logtung and Thirtymile Range areas of southern Yukon. In: Yukon
Exploration and Geology 2006, D.S. Emond, L.L. Lewis and L.H. Weston (eds.), Yukon Geological
Survey, p. 213-221.
Mortensen, J.K., Sluggett, C., Liverton, T. and Roots, C.F. 2006. Uranium-lead ID-TIMS and LA-ICPMS ages for the Cassiar and Seagull batholiths, Wolf Lake map area, southern Yukon. In: Yukon
Exploration and Geology 2005, D.S. Emond, G.J. Bradshaw, L.L. Lewis and L.H. Weston (eds.), Yukon
Geological Survey, p. 257-266.
Roots, C.F., Liverton. T. and Heaman, L. 2003. Geology and U-Pb zircon geochronology of Upper Dorsey
assemblage near the TBMB claims, upper Swift River area, southern Yukon. In: Emond, D.S. and Lewis,
L.L. (eds.): Yukon Exploration and Geology 2002. Exploration and Geological Services Division, Yukon,
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, p. 199-212.