Mine detail: Mount Pleasant Tungsten Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 45.4166, -66.81596

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten, Molybdenum
Discovery year: 1969

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1984
Last production ended: 1985

Geology

Host rock:Fire Tower Breccia;Fine-Grained Granite;
Host type:Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Granite
Structure:Subvolvanic; Margin Of Mississipian Caldera
Tectonic:Late Palaezoic Orogenic Belt

References

MRDSDE00305
DEP10021627
Reference{Deposit:: STAFF, MINING MAGAZINE, MOUNT PLEASANT MINE, MINING MAGAZINE, JULY 1983, VOL. 149, NO. 1, P. 16-25.}{Deposit:: ATKINSON, J.R., KOOIMAN, G., COATS, H.J., GEOLOGY OF MOUNT PLEASANT TUNGSTEN, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 102, NO. 4, APRIL 1981, P. 73-75.}{Deposit:: DAGGER, G.W., GENESIS OF THE MOUNT PLEASANT TUNGSTEN-MOLYBDENUM-BISMUTH DEPOSIT, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA, INSTITUTE OF MINING & METALLURGY, TRANSACTIONS - SECTION B, VOL. 81, MAY 1982, P. B73-102.}{Deposit:: SULLIVAN MINING GROUP LTD., ANNUAL REPORTS - 1978, 1979, 1980 AND 1983.}{Deposit:: TINTOR, N., SULLIVA* FUTURE BASED ON GOLD, THE NORTHERN MINER, VOL. 70, NO. 49, FEB. 14, 1985, P. 1 AND 2.}{Deposit:: FINANCIAL POST COOPERATION SERVICE; SULLIVAN MINES INC., CUSIP NO. 865345, TORONTO, ONT. OCT. 1984, 6 P.}{Deposit:: KOOIMAN, G.J.A., MCLEOD, M.J. AND SINCLAIR, W.D., 1986, PORPHYRY TUNGSTEN-MOLYBDENUM OREBODIES, POLYMETALLIC VEINS AND REPLACEMENT BODIES AND TIN-BEARING GREISEN ZONES IN THE FIRE TOWER ZONE, MOUNT PLEASANT, NEW BRUNSWICK; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 81, P. 1356-1373.}
ReporterJakubek, Albin J.