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Mineral Resources
Mineral Deposit Databases and Syntheses of Major Mineral Deposit Types in Canada
Economic mineral deposits are natural accumulations of one or more useful
minerals that may provide society with metallic or non-metallic raw materials.
The Geological Survey of Canada has been conducting scientific studies and
compiling databases for major metallic mineral deposits on Canada-wide and
world-wide scale over a three decade period. The latest phase of database
compilation has been facilitated by the World Minerals Geoscience Database Project.
This site provides access to these Mineral Deposit Databases and a
Consolidation and Synthesis of Mineral Deposits Knowledge
that describes important mineral deposit classes in Canada.
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