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Brunswick No. 12 Mine (Brunswick Mining & Smelting Corp. No. 12 Mine), Bathurst (Bathurst Mining Camp), Gloucester Township, New Brunswick, Canada

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A lead-zinc mine located 26 km SW of Bathurst. The world's largest underground zinc mine and its fourth largest zinc producer. Owned by Brunswick Mining & Smelting Corp. Mine went to at least the 2,350 level.



References:
- Mining Annual Review (1985): 308.
- Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.143
- McClenaghan, S.H., Lentz, D.R., Martin, J., and Diegor, W.G. (2009): Gold in the Brunswick No. 12 volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit, Bathurst Mining Camp, Canada: Evidence from bulk ore analysis and laser ablation ICP─MS data on sulfide phases. Mineralium Deposita 44, 523-557.





Mineral List:
  		•  Ankerite
    Ca(Fe
    2+
     
    		 ,Mg,Mn
    2+
     
    		)(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [McClenaghan, S.H., Lentz, D.R., Martin, J., and Diegor, W.G. (2009): Mineralium Deposita 44, 523-557.]
  		•  Arsenopyrite
    FeAsS - (Fe
     
    0.90
    		Co
     
    0.10
    		)AsS
    Reference: [McClenaghan, S.H., Lentz, D.R., Martin, J., and Diegor, W.G. (2009): Mineralium Deposita 44, 523-557.]
  		•  Baryte
    BaSO
     
    4
    Reference: [McClenaghan, S.H., Lentz, D.R., Martin, J., and Diegor, W.G. (2009): Mineralium Deposita 44, 523-557.]
  		•  Barytocalcite
    BaCa(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.143]
  		•  Bismuthinite
    Bi
     
    2
    		S
     
    3
    Reference: [McClenaghan, S.H., Lentz, D.R., Martin, J., and Diegor, W.G. (2009): Mineralium Deposita 44, 523-557.]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.143]
  		•  Cassiterite
    SnO
     
    2
    Reference: [McClenaghan, S.H., Lentz, D.R., Martin, J., and Diegor, W.G. (2009): Mineralium Deposita 44, 523-557.]
  		•  Celsian
    Ba[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [McClenaghan, S.H., Lentz, D.R., Martin, J., and Diegor, W.G. (2009): Mineralium Deposita 44, 523-557.]
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.143; McClenaghan, S.H., Lentz, D.R., Martin, J., and Diegor, W.G. (2009): Mineralium Deposita 44, 523-557.]
  		•  'Chlorite Group'
    Reference: [McClenaghan, S.H., Lentz, D.R., Martin, J., and Diegor, W.G. (2009): Mineralium Deposita 44, 523-557.]
  		•  Dolomite
    CaMg(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.143]
  		•  Edingtonite
    Ba[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		] · 4H
     
    2
    		O
    Habit: orthorhombic crystals up to 14mm in diameter and over 4.5cm long
    Colour: lustrous white to colorless
    Reference: [Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.143]
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.143; McClenaghan, S.H., Lentz, D.R., Martin, J., and Diegor, W.G. (2009): Mineralium Deposita 44, 523-557.]
  		•  Greenalite
    Fe
     
    2-3
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    Reference: [Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.143]
  		•  Gunningite
    (Zn,Mn)SO
     
    4
    		·H
     
    2
    		O
    Description: listed as "No. 2 Mine" in the reference.
    Reference: [Handbook of Mineralogy]
    Site Photo
    Brunswick No. 12 Mine (Brunswick Mining & Smelting Corp. No. 12 Mine), Bathurst (Bathurst Mining Camp), Gloucester Township, New Brunswick, Canada
    © 2008, JGW
  		•  Harmotome
    (Ba
     
    0.5
    		,Ca
     
    0.5
    		,K,Na)
     
    5
    		[Al
     
    5
    		Si
     
    11
    		O
     
    32
    		] ·12H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Hematite
    Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [McClenaghan, S.H., Lentz, D.R., Martin, J., and Diegor, W.G. (2009): Mineralium Deposita 44, 523-557.]
  		•  Hyalophane
    (K,Ba)[Al(Si,Al)Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [McClenaghan, S.H., Lentz, D.R., Martin, J., and Diegor, W.G. (2009): Mineralium Deposita 44, 523-557.]
  		•  Kinoshitalite
    (Ba,K)(Mg,Mn
    2+
     
    		,Al)
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [McClenaghan, S.H., Lentz, D.R., Martin, J., and Diegor, W.G. (2009): Mineralium Deposita 44, 523-557.]
  		•  Lizardite
    Mg
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		]
    Reference: [Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.143]
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [McClenaghan, S.H., Lentz, D.R., Martin, J., and Diegor, W.G. (2009): Mineralium Deposita 44, 523-557.]
  		•  Mannardite
    Ba
     
    x
    		Ti
     
    8-2x
    		V
     
    2x
    		O
     
    16
    		·2-xH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Scott, J. D., & Peatfield, G. R. (1986). Mannardite [Ba.H2O](Ti6V3+2)O16, a new mineral species, and new data on redledgeite. Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 55-66. ]
  		•  Marcasite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [McClenaghan, S.H., Lentz, D.R., Martin, J., and Diegor, W.G. (2009): Mineralium Deposita 44, 523-557.]
  		•  Meneghinite
    Pb
     
    13
    		CuSb
     
    7
    		S
     
    24
    Reference: [McClenaghan, S.H., Lentz, D.R., Martin, J., and Diegor, W.G. (2009): Mineralium Deposita 44, 523-557.]
  		•  Molybdenite
    MoS
     
    2
    Reference: [McClenaghan, S.H., Lentz, D.R., Martin, J., and Diegor, W.G. (2009): Mineralium Deposita 44, 523-557.]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.143; McClenaghan, S.H., Lentz, D.R., Martin, J., and Diegor, W.G. (2009): Mineralium Deposita 44, 523-557.]
  		•  Pyrrhotite
    Fe
     
    7
    		S
     
    8
    		, (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    		S (x = 0 - 0.2)
    Reference: [Econ Geol (1995) 90:453-463; McClenaghan, S.H., Lentz, D.R., Martin, J., and Diegor, W.G. (2009): Mineralium Deposita 44, 523-557.]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.143; McClenaghan, S.H., Lentz, D.R., Martin, J., and Diegor, W.G. (2009): Mineralium Deposita 44, 523-557.]
  		•  Quartz
    var: Chert
    Reference: [McClenaghan, S.H., Lentz, D.R., Martin, J., and Diegor, W.G. (2009): Mineralium Deposita 44, 523-557.]
  		•  Siderite
    FeCO
     
    3
    Reference: [McClenaghan, S.H., Lentz, D.R., Martin, J., and Diegor, W.G. (2009): Mineralium Deposita 44, 523-557.]
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.143; McClenaghan, S.H., Lentz, D.R., Martin, J., and Diegor, W.G. (2009): Mineralium Deposita 44, 523-557.]
  		•  Tennantite
    (Cu,Ag,Fe,Zn)
     
    12
    		As
     
    4
    		S
     
    13
    Reference: [McClenaghan, S.H., Lentz, D.R., Martin, J., and Diegor, W.G. (2009): Mineralium Deposita 44, 523-557.]
  		•  Tetrahedrite
    (Cu,Fe,Ag,Zn)
     
    12
    		Sb
     
    4
    		S
     
    13
    Reference: [McClenaghan, S.H., Lentz, D.R., Martin, J., and Diegor, W.G. (2009): Mineralium Deposita 44, 523-557.]
  		•  Tetrahedrite
    var: Argentian Tetrahedrite
    Reference: [McClenaghan, S.H., Lentz, D.R., Martin, J., and Diegor, W.G. (2009): Mineralium Deposita 44, 523-557.]


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