(Text Page to) (17) Principal minerals : Gold -- Nickel -- Copper -- Zinc -- Lead -- Iron ore, titanium-iron -- Silver -- Cobalt -- Molybdenum, tungsten -- Cadmium ... -- Pyrites -- Uranium -- Coal, Peat -- Oil and gas -- Salt -- Asbestos -- Limestone, Magnesitic, dolomite and brucite -- Gypsum -- Silica -- Barite, fluorspar, bentonite clay. Compiled from information supplied by the Mines Branch. (Canada) Department of Mines and Technical Surveys.
Atlas of Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Geographical Branch, Ottawa, Canada, 1957.
Text: (17) Principal minerals.

Descriptive text on verso of (17) Principal minerals: This plate shows the distribution of the principal minerals of economic importance in 1955 ...
First edition was in 1906 (see our 1645.000); second edition 1915 (1646.000). The title page of this edition is dated 1957 but the Foreword is dated 1958, as well as the maps on plates 91, 99 and 110. Atlas contains 110 plates, comprising a total of 505 maps in color; additionally, these maps include 57 insets. Bound in pale green boards with burgundy lettering and spine, including spine title "Atlas Of Canada. 1957” in gilt. Loose-leaf binding allows both removal and insertion of individual maps. Inside front cover: Canadian made product by Copeland-Chatterson Limited, Brampton, Ontario. In the Foreword, Minister of Mines and Technical Surveys Paul Comtois explains, "Since the last Atlas of Canada appeared in 1915, the economy of Canada has expanded in all directions. The population of the country has doubled. Newfoundland has joined it as the tenth province, and scientific surveys have revealed to an ever increasing extent the physical nature of its land and water resources. It is, therefore, the purpose o this edition of the Atlas to present, in maps, an outline of the physical background and the economic development of the nation at mid-century and to show how these factors are interwoven to produce the fabric of the life of our people … " In the Preface, Director of Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Geographical Branch, N.L. Nicholson continues, “ … the Atlas provides a logical story in maps which embraces historical, physical, human, economic and social and political geography. The story begins with the way in which Canada was explored and mapped. It goes on to show the basic aspects of the physical environment, such as relief and climate … “ Includes table of contents.