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This is a list of mines in Nunavut, Canada. It includes mines that were operating prior to 1999 in what was then Northwest Territories . Start and end dates set in the future are projected, or "expected".
Gold and other base metals are widespread as mineralization in siliclastic, felsic, mafic and ironstone rocks of the greenstone belts. The George Lake, Boston and Ulu deposits are all hosted in the Yellowknife Supergroup of the Slave Craton in the west as well as the Lupin gold mine. In the western Churchill Province of south-central Nunavut ...
The Meadowbank Gold Mine is an open pit gold mine operated by Agnico-Eagle Mines in the Kivalliq district of Nunavut, Canada approximately 300 km west of Hudson Bay. Meadowbank was Agnico Eagle’s first Low Arctic mine.
Hope Bay Gold Mine, main camp area Hope Bay Gold Mine, tailing pond. The Hope Bay greenstone belt, also called the Hope Bay volcanic belt, is a 42 km (26 mi) long Archean greenstone belt in western portion of Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada.
The Meliadine Gold Mine is a gold mine near Rankin Inlet in the Kivalliq district of Nunavut, Canada. It is expected that the mine will have two underground components and ten open pits. The mine is operated by Agnico-Eagle Mines and is projected to be in operation until 2032. [1] Commercial operation on site began May 14, 2019.
The company then reopened the old Eldorado Mine workings and produced more silver and copper until 1981, when low silver prices caused the mine to close permanently. Echo Bay Mines Limited went on to open a new gold mine, called Lupin Mine, in what was then the Northwest Territories and is today in Nunavut. [3] It entered production in 1982.
Chesterfield Larder Lake Gold Mining Company 1939-1950 Copperfields Mine: Temagami: 1954-1972 Secondary products included cobalt, gold, nickel, palladium, platinum and silver. David Bell Mine: Hemlo: closed 2013
Gold mines and gold mining in Canada have been documented in Ontario, Québec, Nova Scotia, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, many of the mines and locations where gold was found being either inactive or exhausted of resources.