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Mount Pleasant Mine (Brunswick Tin Mines), southwest of Fredericton, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada

A tungsten-molybdenum-bismuth-tin mine started at the end of 1983. Located 35 miles SW of Fredericton. Formerly owned by Billiton Canada (Brunswick Tin Mines, Ltd. & Billiton) now by Adex Mining Co. This mine features over 80 species.



References:
- Parrish, I. S. (1977): Mineral Catalog for the Mount Pleasant Deposit of Brunswick Tin Mines. Canadian Mineralogist, 15, 121-126.
- Mining Annual Review (1985): 95 & 308.
- Econ. Geol. (1992) 87:145-163
- Werner, A.B.T., Sinclair, W.D., and Amey, E.B. (1998): International Strategic Mineral Issues Summary Report - Tungsten. US Geological Survey Circular 930-O.





Map Reference: 45°25'N , 66°49'W

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Mineral List:
'Adularia'
Aikinite
Almandine
'Apatite'
Arsenobismite
Arsenopyrite
Augite
Biotite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bornite
Calcite
Cassiterite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysotile
Columbite
Cosalite
Covellite
Dickite
Digenite
Djurleite
Dolomite
Elbaite
Epidote
Famatinite
Ferberite
Ferrimolybdite
Fluorite
Galena
Galenobismutite
Geocronite
Glaucodot
Goethite
Gold
Graphite
Hedenbergite
Hematite
Illite
Ilmenite
Kaolinite
Kësterite
Lepidolite
Löllingite
Magnetite
Malachite
Marcasite
Mawsonite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Orthoclase
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Roquesite
Rutile
Sanidine
Scheelite
Scorodite
'Sericite'
Siderite
Silver
Sphalerite
Spinel
Stannite
Stannoidite
Tennantite
Tetrahedrite
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
Uraninite
Wittichenite
Wolframite
Wulfenite
Xenotime-(Y)
Zinnwaldite
Zircon
Zoisite


81 entries listed. 68 valid minerals.

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