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The following lists of mines in Canada are subsidiaries to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output and province.
This list of gold mines in Canada is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country. For practical purposes, defunct and future mines are demarcated in italics and bold respectively.
The 1980s and 1990s saw a "prolonged slump" in Canadian mining, whereas the 2000s and 2010s were largely boom periods. [25] Saskatchewan alone produces approximately 15 percent of the world's uranium. [26] The metal was first discovered in the province in the 1930s, and had become Canada's most valuable resource export by the 1950s. [26]
The French islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon lie off the southern coast of Newfoundland in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and have a maritime territorial enclave within Canada's exclusive economic zone. [77] Canada's geographic proximity to the United States has historically bound the two countries together in the political world as well.
The Franciscan Complex or Franciscan Assemblage is a geologic term for a late Mesozoic terrane of heterogeneous rocks found throughout the California Coast Ranges, and particularly on the San Francisco Peninsula.
The Ring of Fire is a vast, mineral-rich region located in the remote James Bay Lowlands of Northern Ontario, Canada. [1] Spanning approximately 5,000 square kilometres (1,900 sq mi), the area is rich in chromite, nickel, copper, platinum group elements, gold, zinc, and other valuable minerals.
The final major point in the Canadian gold mining timeline began in 1981 with the discovery of the Hemlo gold deposits in Northern and Northwestern Ontario. [6] During this period, gold was also discovered across all Canadian provinces and territories and gold production from the 1990 to 1997 period averaged more than 150 tonnes a year.
According to the Coal Association of Canada, there are 24 permitted coal mines throughout Canada, 19 of which currently operate. The vast majority of the country's coal deposits can be found in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia. [1] [2]