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List of gold mines in Canada

List of gold mines in Canada

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This list of gold mines in Canada is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country. For practical purposes, defunct and future mines are demarcated in italics and bold respectively. Asterisks (*) note mines which produce(d) gold as a secondary product..

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British Columbia

Mine Coordinates Location Owner Dates Comments
Blue Hawk Mine 49°59′2″N 119°30′30.59″W Kelowna 1934 Also produced silver
Bralorne 50°46′29″N 122°48′52″W Ogden ????-1971 Produced 4.2 million ounces
Defot Creek Mine 58°54′00″N 130°27′00″W Defot 1880-1915
Hedley Mascot Mine 49°22′15″N 120°02′51″W Hedley 1936-1949
Jolly Jack's Lost Mine 49°03′00″N 118°33′00″W Skeff Creek
Kemess Mine 57°0′17″N 126°45′31″W Thutade Lake
Mount Polley mine 52°30′48″N 121°35′47″W Likely Imperial Metals Corp 1997-Present Under care and maintenance status during ongoing remediation
Pioneer Mine 50°45′34″N 122°46′47″W Ogden 1920-1960
Pitt Lake's Lost Gold Mine 49°25′00″N 122°33′00″W Pitt Lake

New Brunswick

Mine Coordinates Location Owner Dates Comments
Murray Brook Mine 47°31′34″N 66°25′53″W Restigouche County NovaGold Resources 1989-1992

Nova Scotia

Mine Coordinates Location Owner Dates Comments
Catcha Lake 44°44′09″N 63°11′40″W Catcha Lake Acadian Gold Corporation 1882 s planning to drill for samples in the future .
Stirling Mine N 45° 43' 44.8536 E -60° 26' 17.2356 Stirling, Richmond County, Cape Breton Stirling Zinc Co., Mindamar Metals, Thundermin Resources Ltd (Current) 1925-1957 Produced silver, zinc and gold.
Moose River Consolidated 44°59′9.23″N 62°56′4.96″W Middle Musquodoboit Atlantic Gold Corporation, St Barbara Limited (Current)[1] 2018-Present Touquoy and Beaver Dam gold mines

Ontario

Mine Coordinates Location Owner Dates Comments
Barton Mine* 47°07′08.75″N 79°47′09.58″W Temagami 1906-1918 Secondary products included gold, silver, copper and bismuth.
Beanland Mine 47°05′28.71″N 79°49′30.83″W Temagami 1937-1938 Also produced silver
Big Dan Mine 47°05′28.53″N 79°46′28.95″W Temagami 1906-1907 Also produced silver and arsenic
Chesterville gold mine 48.13889°N 79.57389°W / 48.13889; -79.57389 McGarry Chesterfield Larder Lake Gold Mining Company 1939-1950
Copperfields Mine* 46°57′44.41″N 80°02′13.67″W Temagami 1954-1972 Secondary products included cobalt, gold, nickel, palladium, platinum and silver.
Detour Lake Mine 50°1′8.75″N 79°42′54.08″W Cochrane Agnico Eagle Mines 1983-Present
Dome Mine 48°27′N 081°14′W Timmins
Golden Giant Mine 48.00°41′N 85.00°54′W Hemlo 1985-2006
Hermiston-McCauley Mine 47°05′54.30″N 79°49′38.18″W Temagami 1935-1940
Kanichee Mine* 47°06′13.07″N 79°50′38.63″W Temagami 1937-1948, 1948-1949, 1973-1976 Secondary products included gold, palladium, silver and platinum.
Kerr-Addison Mine 48°08′19″N 79°34′39″W McGarry Kerr Addison Mines Ltd 1900s to 1996
Leckie Mine 47°05′36.34″N 79°47′48.68″W Temagami ~1900-1909, 1933-1937 Also produced arsenic, copper and silver
Matachewan Consolidated mine Matachewan 1916 to 1954
McIntyre Mines
Norrie Mine* 47°06′59.59″N 79°46′27.63″W Temagami Prior to 1920 Secondary products included lead, gold, zinc and silver.
Northland Pyrite Mine* 47°10′26.24″N 79°44′34.45″W Temagami 1906-1911 Secondary products included cobalt, copper, zinc, gold and nickel.
Red Lake Mine 51°3′40.16″N 93°44′35.34″W Red Lake Evolution Mining 1949 - Present
Richardson Mine Eldorado Kim Woodside 1867-1869 Ontario's first gold mine
Temagami-Lorrain Mine 47°06′39.79″N 79°40′58.2″W Temagami Prior to 1912 Also produced cobalt, arsenic, silver, nickel and copper
Young-Davidson mine Matachewan Alamos Gold ~1916 to 1957

201- Present


Quebec

Mine Coordinates Location Owner Dates Comments
Canadian Malartic Mine 48°6′42.33″N 78°7′53.91″W Malartic Agnico-Eagle Mines 1935-Present
Casa Berardi Mine 49°34′23.19″N 79°14′13.19″W La Sarre Hecla Mining 1988-Present
LaRonde mine 48°14′54.3″N 78°26′30.01″W Rivière-Héva Agnico-Eagle Mines 1988-Present

Northwest Territories

Mine Coordinates Location Owner Dates Comments
Beaulieu Mine 62°26′32″N 114°23′51″W Yellowknife 1947-1948 Only a total of 30 troy ounces were recovered.
Burwash Mine 62°24′N 114°24′W Yellowknife 1934-???? The Burwash Mine has some historical significance in that the original ore sample kept "gold fever" alive in the area and helped in the establishment of Yellowknife as a viable northern community.
Camlaren Mine 62°59′11.17″N 113°12′48.42″W Mining Corporation of Canada Limited 1963-1991 The Camlaren property is now part of the Gordon Lake Project.
Colomac Mine 64°12′00″N 116°01′11″W Canada 1990–1992 1994-1997
Con Mine 62°26′20″N 114°22′18″W Newmont Mining Corporation
Discovery Mine 63°11′12.01″N 113°53′30.01″W GoldMining Inc.
Giant Mine 62°29′59″N 114°21′31″W Miramar Mining Corporation
Lost McLeod Mine
Negus Mine 62°26′2″N 114°21′37″W Negus Mines Limited 1939-1952
Outpost Island Mine 61°44′8.88″N 113°27′32.04″W Tungsten Corporation of Canada Limited 1936-1952
Ptarmigan and Tom Mine 62°31′15.0″N 114°11′45.0″W Yellowknife Equitas Resources Corporation 1941-Present
Quartz Mountain mine
Ruth Mine 62°27′44.0″N 112°34′23.0″W Yellowknife 1941-1959
Salmita Mine 64°04′45.0″N 111°14′45.0″W Giant Yellowknife Mines Limited 1983-1987
Thompson-Lundmark Mine 62°36′43.2″N 113°28′26.4″W 1941-1949
Tundra Mine 64°03′26.0″N 111°10′34.0″W Royal Oak Mines Inc 1962-1968

Nunavut

Mine Coordinates Location Owner Dates Comments
Lupin Mine 65°45′00.0″N 111°15′00.0″W WPC Resources 1982-Present
Meadowbank Gold Mine 65°01′07.0″N 96°04′26.0″W Kivalliq Agnico-Eagle Mines 2010-2017
Meliadine Gold Mine 63°1′55.29″N 92°13′15.84″W Kivalliq Agnico-Eagle Mines 2019-Present

References

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