Great Mining Camps of Canada
Great Mining Camps of Canada
Canada is a vast country, and mineral resources have long been a cornerstone of our economy. We
are world leaders and innovators in exploration worldwide, and the place where much venture
capital is raised. This is no surprise, because we host some of the
greatest mining camps in the world. Just think of the variety and longevity. The gold deposits and
VMS accumulations of the Canadian Shield are world-class by any standard, and similarly important
camps exist in younger mobile belts of the Cordillera and the Appalachians. In Labrador and
Quebec, we host one of the world's largest and highest-quality iron ore districts. And the list
goes on and on - potash and uranium in Saskatchewan, diamonds in the North west Territories, and
porphyry deposits of the Cordillera. Some of these deposits are type examples of their class, and are known
around the world. Others, like the Sudbury nickel camp, seem to have unique
features never replicated elsewhere in the world. Mining camps like these have given up riches
over centuries, and their history is fascinating from both a corporate perspective, embellished by the
lives of colourful characters that helped to define them, and from a geological perspective.
The archives of Geoscience Canada contain many accounts of some of these great mining camps but there are many more that should be added to this list. Please consider writing up the story of your favourite mining camp before its history is forever lost.
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