Murray Brook Mine Explained

Murray Brook Mine
Pushpin Map:New Brunswick
Pushpin Label:Murray Brook Mine
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in New Brunswick
Coordinates:47.5262°N -66.4313°W
Place:Restigouche County
Subdivision Type:Province
Country:Canada
Owner:NovaGold Resources Inc
Official Website:http://www.novagold.net/
Products:Gold, Silver
Amount:1.014 Mtonnes ore
Opening Year:1989
Closing Year:1992

The Murray Brook Mine is a VMS deposit in the Bathurst Mining Camp (BMC) of northern New Brunswick, Canada owned by NovaGold Resources.[1] The deposit was discovered in 1955 and contains the largest gossan zone in the BMC. From 1989 to 1992 the gossan zone was processed for gold and silver. In 1992 copper rich ore was crushed and tested for heap leaching.[2]

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  1. Web site: Murray Brook Mine. InfoMine. 2009-10-09.
  2. A history of mining in the Bathurst area, northern New Brunswick, Canada. CIM Bulletin . October 1995. Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Luff, William M..