Brunswick 12 mine

Brunswick #12

Location
Brunswick #12 mine Location in New Brunswick
Location	Gloucester County
Province	New Brunswick
Country	Canada
Coordinates	47°28′48″N 65°52′30″W
Production
Products	Lead, Zinc, Copper
History
Discovered	1953
Opened	1964
Closed	2013
Owner
Company	Xstrata
Year of acquisition	2005

The Brunswick #12 mine is an underground lead-zinc-copper mine in the Bathurst Mining Camp of northern New Brunswick, Canada. It was discovered in January, 1953[1] and entered production in April, 1964. The Brunswick #12 orebody is the largest deposit in the Bathurst area and was one of the largest underground zinc mines in the world[1] well into the late 1990s. The mine was officially closed at the end of April, 2013.[2]

Geology

The supergiant Brunswick #12 deposit is a volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposit rich in lead, zinc, and copper. Currently the copper-rich portion of the deposit has not been mined.

References

1. Luff, William M. (October 1995). "A history of mining in the Bathurst area, northern New Brunswick, Canada". CIM Bulletin. Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
2. "Brunswick Mine closes Bathurst-area operation". CBC News. Retrieved 2014-03-06.

External links

• "Brunswick Lead and Zinc Mine, New Brunswick, Canada". mining-technology.com. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
• "Structure, origin, and concentration of the Brunswick 12 and 6 orebodies". Economic Geology. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
• "Noranda Inc". Funding Universe. Retrieved 2009-10-13.