Non-Metallic Deposits
Non-Metallic Deposits
Non-Metallic Deposits Links
- Peat Moss in Nova Scotia Peat is the partially decomposed remains of plants and animals which have accumulated in oxygen poor freshwater environments over the past 11 000-13 000 years. Peat is mined for horticultural purposes, and is also used in distillation, yeast cultivation, as an energy source, and in manufacture of ferrosilicons.
- Maine Geology - Economic Geology Photo Gallery Photos of sand and gravel pits and stone quarrying.
- Gypsum and Anhydrite in Nova Scotia Provincial government information circular on the Nova Scotia occurrence, mining history, and uses of these minerals.
- Geology and History of Coal in Nova Scotia Provincial government information circular.
- Goonvean Europe's largest independently owned kaolin producer, based in Goonvean Cornwall England UK.
- Salt Caverns About subsurface salt deposits and their uses for solution mining of salt, hydrocarbon storage, and waste disposal. U.S. emphasis.
- Scottish Agates A series of images of Scottish agates from the Midland Valley of Scotland, UK with additional material from the Cheviot Hills.
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