Ontario. Mines and Minerals Division

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Mines and Minerals Division

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Mines and Minerals Division

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1985-

      History

      The Mines and Minerals Division was formed in 1985 with the formation of the new Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. The Division took on the functions formerly enacted by the Mineral Resource Group in the Ministry of Natural Resources.

      Originally the division had been comprised of three branches: the Ontario Geological Survey, the Mineral Development and Land Branch, and the Ontario Mineral Exploration Program (OMEP) Office.

      The OMEP operated as one program until legislation was introduced in 1989 creating two programs, the Ontario Mineral Incentive Program (OMIP) and the Ontario Prospectors' Assistance Program (OPAP), both administered by the OMEP office.

      In November 1995, the OMIP was ended as a result of the Government of Ontario Fiscal and Economic Statement.

      In November 1999, the OPAP was cancelled by the government.

      The Ontario Mineral Exploration Program Act was repealed on October 25, 2010.

      As of 2010, the division consists of the Aboriginal Relations Unit, Diamond Sector Unit, Mineral Development and Lands Branch, Ontario Geological Survey, and the Mining Act Modernization Branch.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Mines and Minerals Division works to support the responsible land use management and mineral resource development by administration of the Mining Act, providing public geoscience information and client services.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (1985-2009)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA64

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Northern Development and Mines controls Ontario. Mines and Minerals Division

      Dates of relationship

      1985-

      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 predecessor of Ontario. Mines and Minerals Division

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

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      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA2222

      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

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          Sources

          KWIC Index

          Government of Ontario directory

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Mokler