Mine detail: Heath Steel* Little River Mine

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Location: New Brunswick, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 47.2666, -66.11591
dep_id: 10073065
mrds_id: W018875
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc, Copper
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
gangue: Chlorite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
orebody_fm: MASSIVE LENSES
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Minor Anticlinal Structures On A Broad Anticline. Most Ore Is At Or Near Contact With Ash Flow Porphyry
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G.
hrock_type: Tuff
arock_unit: Chloritic Tuff Host Rock;Ash Flow Tuff With Quartz And Feldspar Eyes;Iron Formation (Magnetite, Chlorite) Banded
arock_type: Iron Formation,Tuff,Ash-Flow Tuff
Structure: St. Lawrence Geosyncline, Brunswick Anticline, Broad Anticline, Minor Anticlines
disc_yr: 1954
discr: American Metals
References:
  • Deposit:: GATES, W. G., 1970, GEOLOGY AND GEOLOGIC AIDS TO PRODUCTION AT THE HEATH STEELE MINE; IN RAUSCH & MARIACHER, EDS., AIME SYMP. PB - ZN V 1 P 108 - 122
  • Deposit:: MACKENZIE, G. S., 1958, HISTORY OF MINING EXPLORATION, BATHURST - NEW CASTLE DIST., N. B., CAN. INST. MINING AND METALL. BULL. V. 51 NO 551, P. 159 - 60
  • Deposit:: STAFF, 1972, MINING RECORD P5
  • Deposit:: 1954 AEROMAG AMERICAN METALS, ORE FOUN
  • Production:: MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST 2/7/76 P 9,10. SKINNE* MINING INTL YBK, 1975 P. 83. CAN MINES HANDBOOKS
  • Reserve-Resource:: GATES, 1970, GEOL. HEATH STEELE MINE P. 112
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