Manganese Mines, Nova Scotia
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Manganese Mines is an unincorporated community in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada. .[1]
It includes Gittens Lodge, an environmental science centre formerly operated by Nova Scotia Teachers College and now operated by the Truro campus of Nova Scotia Community College.[2]
It also includes the Manganese Mines Wildlife Management Area, a conservation area. [3][4]
[edit] Mining
Lafarge Canada operated a limestone quarry at Manganese Mines which closed in 1996.[5] The limestone was used to produce cement.
[edit] References
- ^ Atlas of Canada – Manganese Mines (unincorporated area)
- ^ Nova Scotia Community College – A Brief History of Gittens Lodge
- ^ Province of Nova Scotia – Manganese Mines Wildlife Management Area
- ^ Regulations of Nova Scotia – Manganese Mines Wildlife Management Area Designation and Regulations, N.S. Reg. 126/73
- ^ Government of Nova Scotia – Mineral Resources Branch – Mining Industry Activity in Nova Scotia, 1996
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