Raw Materials of Canada's Mineral Industry

Résumé du livre

This booklet comprises short descriptive notes on many of the more important minerals, ores, fuels and rocks that are the raw materials of the mineral industry of Canada. They are described under 76 product headings in alphabetical order. Information given for each product includes abridges data on: use of product and status of the industry, mineralogy and geochemistry of the raw materials, types of deposits and geographic distribution, and future outlook and potential sources. The main purpose of the booklet is to accompany a collection consisting of 120 specimens, arranged so far as possible in alphabetical order of the principal economic product.