Burnt Hill Mine

Producer in New Brunswick, Canada with commodities Tungsten, Tin, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021624
MRDS ID DE00302
Record type Site
Current site name Burnt Hill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.81594, 46.5666 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woodstock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada New Brunswick

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Tin Critical Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Burnthill Granite
    Rock description Burnthill Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.81594, 46.5666

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hornfels Zone Of Granite Pluton

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Year of first production 1916
Year of last production 1957

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Burnt Hill Tungsten And Metallurgical Ltd.
    Home office Montreal, P.Q., Canada
    First year 1957
  • Type Owner
    Owner Miramichi Lumber Co. Ltd. (Subsidiary Of Canadian Pacific Enterprises)
    First year 1985

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 621.6HA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CANMPS; CORPORATION FILES: "LAPA CADILLAC GOLD MINES LIMITED"; "COMINCO LIMITED"; "BURNT HILL TUNGSTEN & METALLURGICAL LIMITED".

  • Deposit

    POTTER, R.R., 1960, "GEOLOGY OF THE BURNTHILL AREA", UNPUBLISHED PH.D. THESIS,CARLETON UNIVERSITY, OTTAWA.

  • Deposit

    CROUSE, G.W., 1981, GEOLOGY OF PARTS OF BURNTHILL, CLEARWATER AND MCKIEL BROOKS MAP AREAS K-14, K-15, K-16 (PARTS OF 21 J/15 AND J/10); NEW BRUNSWICK DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES DIVISION, MAP REPORT 81-5, 46 P., 3 MAPS.

  • Deposit

    STAFF, MINERAL RESOURCES DIVISION, NEW BRUNSWICK DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 1982, NEW BRUNSWICK'S MINERAL INDUSTRY 1981, OPEN FILE REPORT 82-31, FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK, 166 P.

  • Production

    CUM ITEM 1 & 2: STAFF, MINERAL RESOURCES DIVISION, NEW BRUNSWICK DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 1982.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 Jakubek, Albin J. Energy Mines and Resources of Canada

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.