Brunswick No.6 Open Pit Mine

Producer in New Brunswick, Canada with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182021
MAS/MILS ID 1220200001
Record type Site
Current site name Brunswick No.6 Open Pit Mine
Alternate or previous names Austin Brook

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -65.89393, 47.40713 (WGS84)
Elevation 300
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada New Brunswick

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -65.89393, 47.40713

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 300M
    Length 1000M
    Width 200M
    Area 100HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 100
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bathurst-Newcastle District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Brunswick Mining And Smelting Corp., Ltd.
    Home office Canada
    Year 1975

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Measured 2158000mt ore
    Demonstrated 2158000mt ore
    Total resources 2158000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.42 wt-pct Copper Trace 1974
    Lead Pb 1.77 wt-pct Lead Trace 1974
    Zinc Zn 4.91 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1974
    Silver Ag 61 g/mt Silver Trace 1974

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Capacity 3175
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GREBENC, F.J., AND R.J.R. WELWOOD, BRUNSWICK MINING

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS, CIM BULL., SEPT., 1971, P.37-44.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, EXPANSION AT BRUNSWICK; SEPT., 1977,

  • Deposit

    P.198-209.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 76-RCD-630-OPEN PIT MINE WILL CLOSE IN 1976, EXPLORATION IS CONDUCTED FROM 1200M RAMP STARTED IN 1974 TO EXPLORE FOR BELOW OPEN PIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-83 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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