Figure 34.3

Industrial and metallic mineral production in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin: preliminary estimate 1991.

Source: Statistics Canada Catalogue 26-202, 1991. Legend: g-grams, t-tonnes, x-unavailable.
¹Includes magnesium and vanadium
²Includes calcium chloride
³Includes gypsum and peat (Man.); peat (Sask. and Alta.); gypsum and barite (B.C)
⁴Includes silica (except Yukon and N.W.T.)
⁵Includes clay products; bentonite (Sask. and Alta.)
⁶Estimated, as percentage (5%) of total reported for entire province/territory; estimate for B.C. includes additional value for silica
⁷Estimated, by difference from total of nonmetals/structural materials reported
⁸Estimated, by comparison with previous reported production
S	Yukon and Northwest Territories	British Columbia	Alberta	Saskatchewan
Metals Gold g $ Other metals¹	- -	- -	34 453 2,568	- -	- -
Nonmetals Sulphur t $ Potash $ Salt² t $ Sodium sulphate $ Magnesite $ Other nonmetals³ $	- - - - - -	413 40,650 - - - 24,000⁷ 4,800⁸	5,550 200,269 - 1,237 15,410 1,212 - 14,237	64 3,032 747,000⁷ 534 26,759 20,589 - 2,400⁸	- - - - - 8,245
Structural Materials Cement $ Lime t $ Sand and gravel⁴ t $ Stone $ Other structural materials⁵ $	- - x 750⁶ - -	- - x 8,600⁶ - -	98,200⁷ 219 20,488 35,663 106,584 2,892 10,000⁸	10,300⁷ - 7,924 17,597 - 3,400⁸	23,800 x 7,199 10,537 35,203 7,946 1,200⁸
TOTAL $	750	78,054	469,292	831,077	83,593

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