General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 COPPER;.2 PAPER WITH LINEN REINFORCEMENT

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

75.5 cm

Width

53.5 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Exploration and Survey

Category

Miscellaneous

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Survey CA

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

THIS PLATE PROBABLY FIRST USED IN 1936 BUT COULD HAVE BEEN USED UP TO THE 1960S OR LATER

Canada

EXAMPLE OF A PRINTING PLATE PRODUCED AND USED BY THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA IN THEIR MAP PRODUCTION SECTION.

Function

USED IN PRINTING TO REPRODUCE THE IMAGE INSCRIBED ON ITS SURFACE TO PAPER.

Technical

PLATES WERE USED IN PRINTING OF MAPS. PLATES RETAINED THEIR FIND SHARP FEATURES WELL AND WERE USED BY THE GSC FOR MANY YEARS TO REPRODUCE THE IMAGE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 PLATE BEARS ENGRAVED PLAN OF 'BROOKFIELD GOLD DISTRICT/ QUEENS CO. NOVA SCOTIA/ by/ E.R. FARIBAULT B.A.Sc./ Scale 250 Feet to 1 Inch'/ INCLUDES AN 'Index to signs'; 'VERTICAL TRANSVERSE SECTION A.B./ Through main shaft and across LIBBEY FISSURE VEIN and the three interbedded leans'; 'LONGITUDINAL SECTION/ in the plane of the/ LIBBEY FISSURE VEIN'/ STAMPED ON PLATE: 'C4 R43/ GEOLOGICAL SURVEY/ OF/ CANADA/ G.S. Nov 30,36'/.2 PRINTED COPY OF PLATE ON FRONT; HANDWRITTEN ON BACK: 'Brookfield Gold District [twice in 2 different styles]/ 1-20 289'

Missing

N/A

Finish

.1 UNFINISHED/.2 BACK LIGHT BROWN WITH BLACK HANDWRITING; FRONT WHITISHWITH BLACK PRINTING

Decoration

N/A