| Brunswick #12 | |
| Pushpin Map: | New Brunswick |
| Pushpin Label: | Brunswick #12 mine |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in New Brunswick |
| Coordinates: | 47.48°N -65.875°W |
| Place: | Gloucester County |
| Subdivision Type: | Province |
| State/Province: | New Brunswick |
| Country: | Canada |
| Owner: | Xstrata |
| Acquisition Year: | 2005 |
| Products: | Lead, Zinc, Copper |
| Opening Year: | 1964 |
| Closing Year: | 2013 |
| Discovery Year: | 1953 |
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.