Mine detail: Nigadoo River Mine

Previously called 'Bereford Mine'

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Location: New Brunswick, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 47.73326, -65.80478
dep_id: 10073127
mrds_id: W018967
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver
Minor mineral: Cadmium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Bismuth, Cassiterite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Stannite
orebody_fm: NARROW VEINS AND LENSES
work_type: Underground
alteration: Sericitization, Kaolinization, Saussuritization, Chloritization
ore_ctrl: Narrow Northwest Striking Fault Zones
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G.
hrock_unit: Chaleur Bay Group Sedimentary Rocks
hrock_type: Slate,Argillite,Siltstone
arock_unit: Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry Stock
arock_type: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Structure: Rocky Brook - Mill Stream Break (Major Fault System). St. Lawrence Geosyncline, Major Syncline, Many Smaller Folds; Main Nw. Trending Fault, Numerous En Echelon Tension Faults
tectonic: St Lawrence Geosyncline
Year first produced: 1967
disc_yr: 1953
discr: Authonian Mining Corp.
References:
  • Deposit:: DAVIES, J. L. ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE NIGADOO R. - MILLSTREAM R. AREA, GLOUCESTER CO., N.B.; GEOL. SURV. CAN. PAPER 67 - 49 P. 3
  • Deposit:: 1951 DIREXPL ANTHONIAN MINING CORP. - ORE FOUN
  • Production:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 73 - 74 P. 321
  • Reserve-Resource:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 74 - 75 P. 314
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