Abstract
The Historical Canadian Mines Data Hub and Visualization Centre (“The Hub”) is a platform for accessing, storing, visualizing, and continued collection of information on mines and quarries (mines) in Canada throughout history and up to the present day. The goal is to identify past mines in Canada as a step towards engineering the future of mineral resource extraction in this country. The project was funded by the CIM Underground Mining Society and the University of Saskatchewan (USask), and brings together provincial GIS data from across Canada into one location. The Hub provides access to data on location information, as well as operational and production details, of mines that operated within Canada as long ago as 1774. Using the map tabs and filter settings, users can visualize trends in operations across the country over time, or view details on specific mines of interest. To improve this tool, we need the support of the mining community who can document the missing data.