The Wedge Mine was a copper mine in the
Bathurst Mining Camp The Bathurst Mining Camp is a mining district in northeast New Brunswick, Canada, centred in the Nepisiguit River valley, and near to Bathurst. The camp hosts 45 known volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits typical of the Appalachian Mountai ...
of Northeast
New Brunswick
New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...
. It was owned and operated by
Cominco on the north bank of the
Nepisiguit River
The Nepisiguit River is a major river in northern New Brunswick, Canada, which enters the sea at the city of Bathurst, into the Nepisiguit Bay, part of the Bay of Chaleur.
Nepisiquit River Bay, brook, and falls. Appears in Jesuit Relations (1 ...
. The mine was discovered in 1956 and in operation from 1962 to 1968 producing 1.5 million tonnes of ore.
The ore was trucked to, and milled at the
Heath Steele Mine. Only the copper rich part of the deposit was mined.
See also
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Volcanogenic massive sulphide ore deposits
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Neil Campbell (geologist)
Neil Campbell FRSC (April 27, 1914 – July 12, 1978) was a Canadian geologist, and is a notable within the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame.
Campbell was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta and was a 1937 graduate of the University of Alberta's Mining a ...
References
External links
*{{cite web, title=Neil Campbell , url=http://www.halloffame.mining.ca/halloffame/english/bios/campbell.html , publisher=Canadian Mining Hall of Fame , accessdate=2009-10-09 , url-status=dead , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070924205854/http://www.halloffame.mining.ca/halloffame/english/bios/campbell.html , archivedate=September 24, 2007
Underground mines in Canada
Copper mines in Canada
Mines in New Brunswick
Volcanogenic massive sulfide ore deposits