Dunbrack Mine, Musquodoboit Harbour, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

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A small Pb-Cu-Ag deposit that was worked in the early 1900s.

Float mineralization from the area was first found in 1888. In 1909 a regular deposit was found by Bessie and John Dunbrack. A shaft and adit were sunk but by 1915 mining operations had ceased. In 1916, Robert Ewing of New Orleans acquired the property and extended the underground workings. By June 1920 mining operations had again ceased. All that remains today at the locality is a small partially overgrown dump heap.

References

Chatterjee, A.K., "Comments on the Association of Tridymite, Pyromorphite, and Meneghinite from Dunbrack Prospect," Nova Scotia Dept. Mines, Report 77-1, pp. 99-102, 1977.

Dickie, J.R., "Geological, mineralogical and fluid inclusion studies at the Dunbrack lead-silver deposit, Musquodoboit Harbour, Halifax County, Nova Scotia", unpublished B.Sc. Thesis, Dalhousie University, Canada, 1978.

Friedlaender, C.G.I., "Tridymite in Mineralized Zone at Dunbrack, Musquodoboit River, Nova Scotia", Canadian Mineralogist, pp. 572, 1968.

Kontak, D.J., "Mineralogical and Geological Studies of the Dunbrack Pb-Cu-Zn-Ag Deposit, Musquodoboit Batholith, Southern Nova Scotia," Report of Activities, pp. 73-86, 1996.

MacMichael, T.P, "The origin of the lead-zinc-silver ores and alteration of the surrounding granite at the Dunbrack Mine, Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia", unpublished Honours Thesis (B.Sc.), Dalhousie University, Canada, 1975.

Sabina, A.P., "Rocks and minerals for the collector : Northeastern Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, and Prince Edward Island", Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 65-10, 1965.

External Links

http://nsminerals.atspace.com/Dunbrack.html

Mineral List

Anilite Aurichalcite Azurite Bornite Brochantite Caledonite Cerussite Chalcocite Chalcopyrite Chrysocolla

Cuprite Digenite Djurleite Fluorapatite Fluorite Galena var: Argentiferous Galena Goethite Ilmenite Langite

Linarite Malachite Meneghinite Pseudomalachite Pyrite Pyromorphite Pyrrhotite Quartz var: Chalcedony var: Rose Quartz

Quartz var: Smoky Quartz Silver Sphalerite 'Tourmaline' Tridymite Wroewolfeite Wulfenite

37 entries listed. 31 valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.