The Brunswick #12 mine is an underground lead-zinc-copper mine in the Bathurst Mining Camp of northern New Brunswick, Canada. It was discovered in January, 1953[1] and entered production in April, 1964. The Brunswick #12 orebody is the largest deposit in the Bathurst area and was one of the largest underground zinc mines in the world[1] well into the late 1990s. The mine was officially closed at the end of April, 2013.[2]
The supergiant Brunswick #12 deposit is a volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposit rich in lead, zinc, and copper. Currently the copper-rich portion of the deposit has not been mined.
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^ abLuff, William M. (October 1995). "A history of mining in the Bathurst area, northern New Brunswick, Canada". CIM Bulletin. Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
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