We love getting questions about #mining, #minerals and #geology! We were recently asked about historical #gold mines around #Fenwick, #CumberlandCounty. Here’s our answer:
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There are no documented #gold mines in the area but there have been numerous findings of gold in #copper deposits/occurrences in #Cumberland. For example, modest amounts of gold were found in the Blenkhorn copper mine near #Maccan.
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#Gold sometimes became apparent when the #copper was smelted – small amounts were mixed in with the copper ore and were separated through processing.
Some other places in the area where gold was found, often in copper deposits:
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Oliver #copper deposit near #Tamagouche
King copper mine in near #Oxford
Other prospects near #Maccan
Prospects along the #Wallace River
#Gold was found in 1984 while panning at #Northport Beach at the mouth of the #ShinimicasRiver.
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Other indications of #gold have been found around #Northport and #MudBrook, upstream from Northport.
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Many historical #gold mines were just pits a couple feet deep, or a small shaft or two, often even without a mill for processing. So a very small amount of gold could result in them being referred to as gold mines.
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Today we would call them prospects, not mines, because the scale and sophistication are so different.
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