Ontario. Division of Mines

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Division of Mines

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Division of Mines

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1972-1978

      History

      The Division of Mines was formed within the Ministry of Natural Resources on April 1, 1972. The Ministry of Natural Resources resulted from a merger of the Department of Mines and Northern Affairs and the Department of Lands and Forests.

      The division oversaw the activities of the Geological Branch (1972-1978) the Mines Engineering Branch (1972-1976), the Mineral Research Branch (1972- 1978), and the Mineral Resourcs Branch (1973-1978).

      On April 1, 1978, the Division of Mines was replaced with the Mineral Resources Group.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Division of Mines encouraged and regulated the orderly development of mineral resources in Ontario.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources (1972-2014)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA17

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources controls Ontario. Division of Mines

      Dates of relationship

      1972-1978

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Mineral Resources Group (1978-1985)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA183

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Mineral Resources Group is the successor of Ontario. Division of Mines

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA179

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      Approved

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          MNR, Annual Reports, 1973-1979

          Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12-24.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Nancy Martin, Susan McClure