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Table 1. Some Major Mines by Ecozone


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Table 1a. Some Major Mines in the Boreal Cordillera Ecozone
Mine Name Location Products
Brewery Creek Mine Dawson (Yukon) Precious metals (Gold)
Klondike Operations Whitehorse (Yukon) Precious metals (Gold)
Mt. Nansen Mine Carmacks (Yukon) Precious metals (Gold, Silver)
Grum/ Vangora Faro (Yukon) Base metals (Zinc, Lead, Silver / Zinc, Lead, Silver)
Table Mountain Mine Cassiar (British Columbia) Precious metals (Gold)
Golden Bear Telegraph Creek (British Columbia) Precious metals (Gold)

Table 1b. Some Major Mines in the Pacific Maritime Ecozone
Mine Name Location Products
Snip Mine Iskut River (British Columbia) Precious metals (Gold, Copper, Silver)
Eskay Creek Mine Stewart (British Columbia) Precious metals (Gold, Silver)
Quinsam Mine Campbell River (British Columbia) Precious metals (Gold, Silver)
Myra Falls Operation Buttle Lake (British Columbia) Base metals (Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver)
Mt. Meager Mine Pemberton (British Columbia) Base metals (Pumice)

Table 1c. Some Major Mines in the Boreal Plains Ecozone
Mine Name Location Products
Moberly Mine Golden (British Columbia) Industrial minerals (Silica)
Quintette Mine Tumbler Ridge (British Columbia) Coal
Obed-Marsh Mine Hinton (Alberta) Coal
Coal Valley Mine Edson (Alberta) Coal
  Lindberg (Alberta) Industrial minerals (Salt)
Cluff Lake Mine Cluff Lake (Saskatchewan) Precious metals (Uranium)
Key Lake Mine Key Lake (Saskatchewan) Precious metals (Uranium)
Komis Mine La Ronge (Saskatchewan) Precious metals (Gold)
Seabee Mine La Ronge (Saskatchewan) Precious metals (Gold)
Rabbit Lake Operations Rabbit Lake (Saskatchewan) Precious metals (Uranium)
Key Lake Mine Key Lake (Saskatchewan) Precious metals (Uranium)
Contact Lake Mine La Ronge (Saskatchewan) Precious metals (Gold)
  Faulkner (Manitoba) Industrial minerals (Lime)

Table 1d. Some Major Mines in the Prairies Ecozone
Mine Name Location Products
Whitewood Mine Warburg (Alberta) Coal
Highvale Mine Seba Beach (Alberta) Coal
Genesee Mine Warburg (Alberta) Coal
  Fort Saskatchewan (Alberta) Industrial minerals (Salt)
  Bruderheim (Alberta) Industrial minerals (Silica)
Paintearth Mine/ Vesta Mine Forestburg / Halkirk (Alberta) Coal
Montgomery Mine/ Sheerness Mine Hanna (Alberta) Coal
Sifto Operations Unity (Saskatchewan) Industrial minerals (Salt)
Whiteshore Lake Palo (Saskatchewan) Industrial minerals (Sodium Sulphate)
Vanscoy Potash Mine Vanscoy (Saskatchewan) Industrial minerals (Potash, Salt)
Cory Division Saskatoon (Saskatchewan) Industrial minerals/ Ind. minerals (Salt/ Potash)
Patience Lake Division Saskatoon (Saskatchewan) Industrial minerals (Potash)
Allan Division Allan (Saskatchewan) Industrial minerals (Potash)
Colonsay Mine Colonsay (Saskatchewan) Industrial minerals (Potash, Salt)
Lanigan Division Lanigan (Saskatchewan) Industrial minerals (Potash)
Ingebrigh Lake Fox Valley (Saskatchewan) Industrial minerals (Sodium Sulphate)
Chaplin Lake Chaplin (Saskatchewan) Industrial minerals (Sodium Sulphate)
Canadian Salt Operations / Kalium Operations Belle-Plaine/Belle-Plaine (Saskatchewan) Industrial minerals / Industrial minerals (Salt / Potash, Salt)
Wilcox Mine Wilcox (Saskatchewan) Industrial minerals (Bentonite)
Horseshoe Lake Ormiston (Saskatchewan) Industrial minerals (Sodium Sulphate)
Poplar River Mine Coronach (Saskatchewan) Coal
Costello Mine Estevan (Saskatchewan) Coal
Utility Mine Estevan (Saskatchewan) Coal
Boundary Dam mine Estevan (Saskatchewan) Coal
Shand Mine Estevan (Saskatchewan) Coal
Bienfait Mine Bienfait (Saskatchewan) Coal
Red Deer Silica Mine Hudson Bay (Saskatchewan) Industrial minerals (Silica)
Esterhazy Division Esterhazy (Saskatchewan) Industrial minerals (Potash, Salt)
Rocanville Division Rocanville (Saskatchewan) Industrial minerals (Potash)
Amaranth Mine Winnipeg (Manitoba) Industrial minerals (Gypsum)
Amaranth Operations Winnipeg (Manitoba) Industrial minerals (Gypsum)

Table 1e. Some Major Mines in the Taiga Shield Ecozone
Mine Name Location Products
Con Mine Yellowknife (Northwest Territories) Precious metals (Gold)
Giant Mine Yellowknife (Northwest Territories) Precious metals (Gold)
Scully Mine Wabush (Newfoundland) Ferrous minerals or metals (Iron)
Carol Division Labrador City (Newfoundland) Ferrous minerals or metals (Iron)
Mount Wright Mine Mont Wright (Quebec) Ferrous minerals or metals (Iron)

Table 1f. Some Major Mines in the Boreal Shield Ecozone
Mine Name Location Products
Farley Lake Mine Lynn Lake (Manitoba) Precious metals (Gold)
Ruttan mine Leaf Rapids (Manitoba) Base metals (Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold)
Birchtree Mine/ Thompson Mine Thompson (Manitoba) Base metals (Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, Gold)
Photo Lake Mine Snow Lake (Manitoba) Base metals (Zinc, Copper)
New Britannia Mine Snow Lake (Manitoba) Precious metals (Gold)
Callinan and trout Lake Mines Flin Flon (Manitoba) Base metals (Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver)
  Amisk Lake (Saskatchewan) Industrial minerals (Silica Flux)
Westarm Mine Flin Flon (Manitoba) Base metals (Zinc, Copper)
Bernic Lake Mine Lac-du-Bonnet (Manitoba) Base metals (Tantalum, Cesium, Rubidium, Spodumene Concentrates)
Campbell Mine / Madsen Balmertown / Red Lake (Ontario) Precious metals (Gold)
Madsen Red Lake (Ontario) Precious metals (Gold)
Musselwhite Opapamiskan Lake (Ontario) Precious metals (Gold)
Shebandowan Mine Thunder Bay (Ontario) Base metals (Nickel, Copper)
Lac-des-Iles Mine Thunder Bay (Ontario) Base metals (Palladium, Gold, Platinum, Nickel)
Pick Lake Mine / Winston Lake Mine Pays Plat Lake (Ontario) Base metals/ Base metals (Zinc, Copper / Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver)
David Bell Mine / Golden Giant Mine / Williams Mine Marathon (Ontario) Precious metals (Gold, Silver/ Gold, Silver / Gold, Silver)
Eagle River Mine Wawa (Ontario) Precious metals (Gold)
George W. MacLeod Mine Wawa (Ontario) Ferrous minerals or metals (Iron)
Edwards Wawa (Ontario) Precious metals (Gold)
Detour Lake Mine Timmins (Ontario) Precious metals (Gold)
Kidd Creek No. 1 Mine / No. 2 Mine/ No. 3 Mine Timmins (Ontario) Base metals (Zinc, Copper / Zinc, Silver, Lead / idem)
Larder Lake Division Matheson (Ontario) Industrial minerals (Serpentine)
Holloway Mine Matheson (Ontario) Precious metals (Gold)
Holt-McDermott Mine Kirkland Lake (Ontario) Precious metals (Gold)
Hoyle Pond Mine Timmins (Ontario) Precious metals (Gold)
Hoyle Mine Timmins (Ontario) Precious metals (Gold)
Pamour Mine Timmins (Ontario) Precious metals (Gold)
Nighthawk Lake Mine Timmins (Ontario) Precious metals (Gold)
Glimmer Matheson (Ontario) Precious metals (Gold)
Penhorwood Mine Penhorwood Township (Ontario) Industrial minerals (Talc)
  Penhorwood Township (Ontario) Industrial minerals (Silica)
Lake Shore Tailings Kirkland Lake (Ontario) Precious metals (Gold)
Macassa Mine Kirkland Lake (Ontario) Precious metals (Gold)
Haileybury Lake Timiskaming (Ontario) Industrial minerals (Limestone Flux, Lime)
Whistle Mine Sudbury (Ontario) Base metals (Nickel, Copper, Gold, Silver)
Plant Sault Ste. Marie (Ontario) Industrial minerals (Lime, Dolomitic Lime)
Spragge Plant Spragge (Ontario) Industrial minerals (Lime)
McCreedy West Mine Sudbury (Ontario) Base metals (Nickel, Copper, Gold, Silver)
Onaping Mine Sudbury (Ontario) Base metals (Nickel, Copper, Platinum, Group Metals, Cobalt)
Fraser Mine Sudbury (Ontario) Base metals (Nickel, Copper, Platinum, Group Metals, Cobalt)
McCreedy East Mine Sudbury (Ontario) Base metals (Nickel, Copper)
Strathcona Mine Sudbury (Ontario) Base metals (Nickel, Copper, Platinum Group Metals, Cobalt)
Lower Coleman Mine Sudbury (Ontario) Base metals (Nickel, Copper, Gold, Silver)
Crean Hill Mine Sudbury (Ontario) Base metals (Nickel, Copper, Gold, Silver)
Lockerby Mine Sudbury (Ontario) Base metals (Nickel, Copper, Gold, Silver)
Creighton Mine Sudbury (Ontario) Base metals (Nickel, Copper, Gold, Silver)
Copper Cliff South Mine Sudbury (Ontario) Base metals (Nickel, Copper, Gold, Silver)
Copper Cliff North Mine Sudbury (Ontario) Base metals (Nickel, Copper, Gold, Silver)
Frood Mine Sudbury (Ontario) Base metals (Nickel, Copper, Gold, Silver)
Stobie Mine Sudbury (Ontario) Base metals (Nickel, Copper, Gold, Silver)
Little Stobie Mine Sudbury (Ontario) Base metals (Nickel, Copper, Gold, Silver)
Lindsley Mine Sudbury (Ontario) Base metals (Nickel, Copper, Platinum Group Metals, Cobalt)
Street Township Mine Sudbury (Ontario) Industrial minerals (Almandine (garnet)
Lac-des-Iles Mine Bouthillier Township (Quebec) Base metals (Graphite)
Charlevoix Mine Saint-Urbain (Quebec) Industrial minerals (Silica)
  Suzor Township, Parent (Quebec) Industrial minerals (Mica)
  Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues (Quebec) Industrial minerals (Silica)
Francoeur Mine Rouyn-Noranda (Quebec) Precious metals (Gold)
  Rouyn-Noranda (Quebec) Industrial minerals (Silica Flux)
Gallen Rouyn-Noranda (Quebec) Base metals (Zinc)
Bouchard-Hebert Mine Rouyn-Noranda (Quebec) Base metals (Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver)
Mouska Mine Rouyn-Noranda (Quebec) Base metals (Gold)
Doyon Mine Cadillac (Quebec) Precious metals (Gold)
Bousquet No. 2 Mine/ Doyon Mine Cadillac (Quebec) Precious metals (Gold, Copper)
Joubi Mine Val-d'Or (Quebec) Precious metals (Gold)
Sigma, Sigma II and Kiena Mines Val-d'Or (Quebec) Precious metals (Gold)
Beaufor Mine Val-d'Or (Quebec) Precious metals (Gold)
Wrightbar Mine Val-d'Or (Quebec) Precious metals (Gold)
Louvicourt Mine Val-d'Or (Quebec) Base metals (Copper, Zinc, Gold)
St. Onge Lac St-Jean (Quebec) Base metals (Wollastonite)
Selbaie Mine Canton de Brouillan (Quebec) Base metals (Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver)
Sleeping Giant Mine Amos (Quebec) Precious metals (Gold)
Matagami Division Matagami (Quebec) Base metals (Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold)
Langlois Mine Lebel-sur-Quevillon (Quebec) Base metals (Zinc, Copper, Silver)
Joe Mann Mine Chibougamau (Quebec) Precious metals (Gold, Copper)
Niobec Mine Chicoutimi (Quebec) Base metals (Niobium (columbium))
Copper Rand Mine Chibougamau (Quebec) Precious metals (Gold, Copper)
Copper Rand Mine / Portage Mine Chibougamau (Quebec) Precious metals (Gold, Copper / Gold, Copper, Silver)
troilus 175 kilometres north of Chibougamau (Quebec) Precious metals (Gold, Copper)
Tio Mine Havre-Saint-Pierre (Quebec) Ferrous minerals or metals (Iron, Titanium Dioxide)
Gaspé Division Gaspé (Quebec) Base metals (Copper)
Lower Cove Stephenville (Newfoundland) Industrial minerals (Limestone, Dolomite)
Fischell Brook Mine St. George's (Newfoundland) Industrial minerals (Gypsum)
Beaver Brook Beaver Brook (Newfoundland) Base metals (Antimony)
Nugget Pond Baie Verte (Newfoundland) Precious metals (Gold)

Table 1g. Some Major Mines in the Mixedwood Plains Ecozone
Mine Name Location Products
Haley Mine Haley (Ontario) Base metals (Magnesium, Dolomitic Lime)
Calcite Division Perth (Ontario) Industrial minerals (Calcium Carbonate)
Blue Mountain Mine Peterborough County (Ontario) Industrial minerals (Nepheline Syenite)
  Madoc (Ontario) Industrial minerals (Talc, Dolomite)
  Guelph (Ontario) Industrial minerals (Dolomitic Lime)
Goderich Mine Goderich (Ontario) Industrial minerals (Salt)
  Dundas (Ontario) Industrial minerals (Dolomitic Lime)
No. 3 Mine Caledonia (Ontario) Industrial minerals (Gypsum)
  Hagersville (Ontario) Industrial minerals (Gypsum)
  Ingersoll (Ontario) Industrial minerals (Lime)
  Sarnia (Ontario) Industrial minerals (Salt)
Ojibway Mine and Windsor Brining Operation Ojibway and Windsor (Ontario) Industrial minerals (Salt)
  Amherstburg (Ontario) Industrial minerals (Salt, Lime)
Dolobex Mine / Haley Mine Portage-du-Fort / Haley (Quebec / Ontario) Industrial minerals / base metals (Dolomite / Magnesium, Dolomitic Lime)
Hickey Mine St Pierre de Wakefield (Quebec) Industrial minerals (Feldspar)
Hickey Mine / Mud Lake Mine St Pierre de Wakefield / Poltimore (Quebec) Industrial minerals (Feldspar)
  Saint-Remi (Quebec) Industrial minerals (Silica)
Saint-Donat Mine Montreal (Quebec) Industrial minerals (Silica)
Saint-Canut Mine Montreal (Quebec) Industrial minerals (Silica)
  Ormstown (Quebec) Industrial minerals (Silica)
  Sainte-Clothilde (Quebec) Industrial minerals (Silica)
Jolichaux Division Joliette (Quebec) Industrial minerals (Lime)
Bedford Division Bedford (Quebec) Industrial minerals (Lime)
Marcoux Mine South Bolton (Quebec) Industrial minerals (Talc, Soapstone)
  Saint-Edwidge (Quebec) Industrial minerals (Silica)
Jeffrey Mine Asbestos (Quebec) Industrial minerals (Asbestos)
Domlin Mine Marbleton (Quebec) Industrial minerals (Lime)
British-Canadian Mine Thetford Mines (Quebec) Industrial minerals (Asbestos)
  Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton (Quebec) Industrial minerals (Talc, Soapstone)

Table 1h. Some Major Mines in the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone
Mine Name Location Products
Îles-de-la-Madeleine Îles-de-la-Madeleine (Quebec) Industrial minerals (Salt)
Restigouche Bathurst (New Brunswick) Base metals (Zinc, Lead SSilver, Gold)
Caribou Bathurst (New Brunswick) Base metals (Zinc, Lead Silver, Gold)
Heath Steele Division (B and C Mines) Newcastle (New Brunswick) Base metals (Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver)
Brunswick Mine Bathurst (New Brunswick) Base metals (Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper)
(Five Mines) Minto (New Brunswick) Coal
  Sussex (New Brunswick) Industrial minerals (Silica)
Sussex Mine Sussex (New Brunswick) Industrial minerals (Potash, Salt)
Havelock Lime Works Havelock (New Brunswick) Industrial minerals (Lime)
  Nappan (Nova Scotia) Industrial minerals (Salt)
Pugwash Cumberland County (Nova Scotia) Industrial minerals (Salt)
Wentworth and Miller Creek Mines Windsor (Nova Scotia) Industrial minerals (Gypsum)
McKay Settlement / Wentworth and Miller Windsor (Nova Scotia) Industrial minerals (Gypsum)
Creek Mines / Milford Mine Shubenacadie / Milford Station (Nova Scotia) Industrial minerals (Silica / Gypsum)
Nystone Truro (Nova Scotia) Industrial minerals (Barite)
Pioneer Mine / Stellarton Westville / Stellarton (Nova Scotia) Coal
Evans Mine St. Rose (Nova Scotia) Coal
Sugar Camp Mine Bestwall (Nova Scotia) Industrial minerals (Gypsum)
  Little Narrows (Nova Scotia) Industrial minerals (Gypsum)
Glen Morrison Mine Sydney (Nova Scotia) Industrial minerals (Limestone)
Sullivan Creek Mine/ Toronto Road Mine Florence/ Point Aconi (Nova Scotia) Coal
Phalen and Prince Mines Sydney (Nova Scotia) Coal

Table 1i. Some Major Mines in the Southern Arctic Ecozone
Mine Name Location Products
Lupin Mine Contwoyto Lake (Northwest Territories) Precious metals (Gold)

Table 1j. Some Major Mines in the Northern Arctic Ecozone
Mine Name Location Products
Polaris Mine Little Cornwallis Island (Northwest Territories) Base metals (Zinc, Lead)
Nanisivik Mine Strathcona Sound (Northwest Territories) Base metals (Zinc, Lead, Silver)
Raglan Ungava (Quebec) Base metals (Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, Platinum Group Metals)

Table 1k. Some Major Mines in the Montane Cordillera Ecozone
Mine Name Location Products
Endako Mine Endako (British Columbia) Precious metals (Molybdenum)
Marble Canyon Mine Pavilion Lake (British Columbia) Industrial minerals (Lime)
Highland Valley Mine Logan Lake (British Columbia) Base metals (Copper, Molybdenum, Gold)
QR Mine Quesnel (British Columbia) Precious metals (Gold)
Gibraltar Mine/ Waste Rock Operation McLeese Lake (British Columbia) Base metals (Copper, Molybdenum)
Red Lake Operation Kamloops (British Columbia) Industrial minerals (Diatomite)
Afton-Ajax Operation Kamloops (British Columbia) Precious metals (Copper, Gold)
Hannandor Quesnel (British Columbia) Precious metals (Gold)
Mount Polley McLeese Lake (British Columbia) Precious metals (Gold, Copper)
Falkland Mine Falkland (British Columbia) Industrial minerals (Gypsum)
Huckleberry Kemano (British Columbia) Base metals (Copper, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver)
  Creston (British Columbia) Industrial minerals (Barite)
Bullmoose Mine Tumbler Ridge (British Columbia) Coal
Sullivan Mine Kimberly (British Columbia) Base metals (Lead, Zinc, Silver, Tin)
Hunt Mine Nicholson (British Columbia) Industrial minerals (Silica)
  Parson (British Columbia) Industrial minerals (Barite)
  Brisco (British Columbia) Industrial minerals (Barite)
Windermere Mine Invermere (British Columbia) Industrial minerals (Gypsum)
Canal Mine Canal Flats (British Columbia) Industrial minerals (Gypsum)
Mt. Brussilof Mine Radium Hot Springs (British Columbia) Base metals (Magnesite)
Fording River Mine Elkford (British Columbia) Coal
Greenhills Mine Sparwood (British Columbia) Coal
Line Creek Mine Sparwood (British Columbia) Coal
Elkview Mine Sparwood (British Columbia) Coal
Coal Mountain Sparwood (British Columbia) Coal
Smoky River Mine Grande Cache (Alberta) Coal
Gregg River Mine Hinton (Alberta) Coal
Luscar Mine Hinton (Alberta) Coal
  Exshaw (Alberta) Industrial minerals (Lime)
Coleman Hazel (Alberta) Industrial minerals (Lime, Dolomitic quicklime)
Source: Mines and Mineral Deposits of Canada database, Minerals and Metals Sector, Natural Resources Canada.
Date Modified: 2009-02-24

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