Mine detail: Brunswick Nos. 6 and 12 Deposits

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Location

Lat / long:

47.47493, -65.89367

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Copper, Silver
Ore:	Anglesite, Bornite, Boulangerite, Cassiterite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Enargite, Galena, Magnetite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stannite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Chlorite, Dolomite, Graphite, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	ELONGATE LENSES
Discovery year:	1952

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1964

Geology

Host rock:	Tetagouche Group Iron Formation, Augen Schist, Etc
Host type:	Argillite,Chert,Rhyolite,Dacite
Associated rock:	Tetagouche Group Rhyolite, Rhyolite Tuffs
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	No. 6 Is On The West Side Of The Brunswick Anticline., Isoclinal South Plunging Folds. Austin Brook Fault And Other North To Nw. Trending Faults
Tectonic:	St. Lawrence Geosyncline, Brunswick Anticline
Alteration processes:	Chloritization, Sericitization, Pyritization

References

MRDS	W018873
DEP	10107323
Reference	{Deposit:: STOCKWELL, C. H. AND TUPPER, W. M., 1966, GEOLOGY OF THE BRUNSWICK NO. 6 AND NO. 12 MINING AREA, GLOUCESTER COUNTY, N. B.; GEOL. SURV. CAN. PAPER 65 - 13, 8 P.}{Deposit:: NEUMANN, G. W. AND SCHNARR, J. R., 1970, CONCENTRATOR OPERATION AT BRUNSWICK M & S CORP. LTD. NO. 12 MINE; IN AIME WORLD SYMP. ON MINING AND METALL. PB - ZN, V 1 P 500}{Deposit:: MAC KENZIE, G. S., 1958, HISTORY OF MINING EXPLORATION, BATHURST - NEWCASTLE DIST., N. B.; CAN. INST. MINING AND METALL. BULL. V. 51 NO. 551, P. 156}{Deposit:: BOYLE, R. W., 1965, ORIGIN OF BATHURST - NEWCASTLE SULFIDE DEPOSITS, N. B.; ECON GEOL. V. 60 P. 1529}{Deposit:: MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-89, 78 P.}{Deposit:: 1952 DIREXPL BOYLEN ORGANIZATION - LARGE DEPOSITS FOUND}{Deposit:: 1952 GEOPHYS MC PHAR GEOPHYSICS - AEROMAG ANOMALIES}{Production:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1974-75 P. 55}{Reserve-Resource:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1-75 P. 5}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G.