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Wedge Mine

Coordinates: 47°23′46″N 66°07′44″W / 47.396°N 66.129°W / 47.396; -66.129
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Wedge Mine
Location
Wedge Mine is located in New Brunswick
Wedge Mine
Wedge Mine
Location in New Brunswick
Wedge Mine is located in Canada
Wedge Mine
Wedge Mine
Wedge Mine (Canada)
LocationNorthumberland County
ProvinceNew Brunswick
CountryCanada
Coordinates47°23′46″N 66°07′44″W / 47.396°N 66.129°W / 47.396; -66.129
Production
ProductsCopper
History
Discovered1956
Opened1962
Closed1968
Owner
CompanyCominco

The Wedge Mine was a copper mine in the Bathurst Mining Camp of Northeast New Brunswick. It was owned and operated by Cominco on the north bank of the Nepisiguit River. The mine was discovered in 1956 and in operation from 1962 to 1968 producing 1.5 million tonnes of ore.[1] The ore was trucked to, and milled at the Heath Steele Mine. Only the copper rich part of the deposit was mined.

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References

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  1. ^ Luff, William M. (October 1995), "A history of mining in the Bathurst area, northern New Brunswick, Canada", CIM Bulletin, Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
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