Brunswick 12 mine

Brunswick #12
Location
Brunswick #12 mine
Location in New Brunswick
LocationGloucester County
ProvinceNew Brunswick
CountryCanada
Coordinates47°28′48″N 65°52′30″W / 47.480°N 65.875°W / 47.480; -65.875
Production
ProductsLead, Zinc, Copper
History
Discovered1953
Opened1964
Closed2013
Owner
CompanyXstrata
Year of acquisition2005

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 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 well into the late 1990s. The mine was officially closed at the end of April, 2013.