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..
British Columbia
Mine | Coordinates | Location | Owner | Dates | Comments |
Blue Hawk Mine | 49°59′2″N 119°30′30.59″W / 49.98389°N 119.5084972°W / 49.98389; -119.5084972 (Blue Hawk mine) | Kelowna | 1934 | Also produced silver | |
Bralorne | 50°46′29″N 122°48′52″W / 50.77472°N 122.81444°W / 50.77472; -122.81444 (Bralorne) | Ogden | ????-1971 | Produced 4.2 million ounces | |
Defot Creek Mine | 58°54′00″N 130°27′00″W / 58.90000°N 130.45000°W / 58.90000; -130.45000 (Defot Creek mine) | Defot | 1880-1915 | ||
Hedley Mascot Mine | 49°22′15″N 120°02′51″W / 49.370937°N 120.047562°W / 49.370937; -120.047562 (Hedley Mascot mine) | Hedley | 1936-1949 | ||
Jolly Jack's Lost Mine | 49°03′00″N 118°33′00″W / 49.05000°N 118.55000°W / 49.05000; -118.55000 (Jolly Jack's lost mine) | Skeff Creek | |||
Kemess Mine | 57°0′17″N 126°45′31″W / 57.00472°N 126.75861°W / 57.00472; -126.75861 (Kemess Mine) | Thutade Lake | |||
Mount Polley mine | 52°30′48″N 121°35′47″W / 52.513437°N 121.596309°W / 52.513437; -121.596309 (Mount Polley mine) | Likely | Imperial Metals Corp | 1997-Present | Under care and maintenance status during ongoing remediation |
Pioneer Mine | 50°45′34″N 122°46′47″W / 50.75944°N 122.77972°W / 50.75944; -122.77972 (Pioneer mine) | Ogden | 1920-1960 | ||
Pitt Lake's Lost Gold Mine | 49°25′00″N 122°33′00″W / 49.41667°N 122.55000°W / 49.41667; -122.55000 (Pitt's Lake's Lost Gold mine) | Pitt Lake |
New Brunswick
Mine | Coordinates | Location | Owner | Dates | Comments |
Murray Brook Mine | 47°31′34″N 66°25′53″W / 47.5262°N 66.4313°W / 47.5262; -66.4313 (Murray Brook mine) | Restigouche County | NovaGold Resources | 1989-1992 |
Nova Scotia
Mine | Coordinates | Location | Owner | Dates | Comments |
Catcha Lake | 44°44′09″N 63°11′40″W / 44.73583°N 63.19444°W / 44.73583; -63.19444 (Catcha Lake) | 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 / 44.9858972°N 62.9347111°W / 44.9858972; -62.9347111 | 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 / 47.1190972°N 79.7859944°W / 47.1190972; -79.7859944 (Barton mine) | Temagami | 1906-1918 | Secondary products included gold, silver, copper and bismuth. | |
Beanland Mine | 47°05′28.71″N 79°49′30.83″W / 47.0913083°N 79.8252306°W / 47.0913083; -79.8252306 (Beanland mine) | Temagami | 1937-1938 | Also produced silver | |
Big Dan Mine | 47°05′28.53″N 79°46′28.95″W / 47.0912583°N 79.7747083°W / 47.0912583; -79.7747083 (Big Dan mine) | Temagami | 1906-1907 | Also produced silver and arsenic | |
Chesterville gold mine | 48°08′20″N 79°34′26″W / 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 / 46.9623361°N 80.0371306°W / 46.9623361; -80.0371306 (Copperfields mine) | 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 / 50.0190972°N 79.7150222°W / 50.0190972; -79.7150222 (Detour Lake mine) | Cochrane | Agnico Eagle Mines | 1983-Present | |
Dome Mine | 48°27′N 081°14′W / 48.450°N 81.233°W / 48.450; -81.233 (Dome mine) | Timmins | |||
Golden Giant Mine | 48.00°41′N 85.00°54′W / 48.683°N 85.900°W / 48.683; -85.900 (Golden Giant mine) | Hemlo | 1985-2006 | ||
Hermiston-McCauley Mine | 47°05′54.30″N 79°49′38.18″W / 47.0984167°N 79.8272722°W / 47.0984167; -79.8272722 (Hermiston-McCauley mine) | Temagami | 1935-1940 | ||
Kanichee Mine* | 47°06′13.07″N 79°50′38.63″W / 47.1036306°N 79.8440639°W / 47.1036306; -79.8440639 (Kanichee mine) | 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 / 48.13861°N 79.57750°W / 48.13861; -79.57750 | McGarry | Kerr Addison Mines Ltd | 1900s to 1996 | |
Leckie Mine | 47°05′36.34″N 79°47′48.68″W / 47.0934278°N 79.7968556°W / 47.0934278; -79.7968556 (Leckie mine) | 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 / 47.1165528°N 79.7743417°W / 47.1165528; -79.7743417 (Norrie mine) | 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 / 47.1739556°N 79.7429028°W / 47.1739556; -79.7429028 (Northland Pyrite mine) | 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 / 51.0611556°N 93.7431500°W / 51.0611556; -93.7431500 (Red Lake mine) | 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 / 47.1110528°N 79.682833°W / 47.1110528; -79.682833 (Temagami-Lorrain mine) | 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 / 48.1117583°N 78.1316417°W / 48.1117583; -78.1316417 (Canadian Malartic mine) | Malartic | Agnico-Eagle Mines | 1935-Present | |
Casa Berardi Mine | 49°34′23.19″N 79°14′13.19″W / 49.5731083°N 79.2369972°W / 49.5731083; -79.2369972 (Casa Berardi Mine) | La Sarre | Hecla Mining | 1988-Present | |
LaRonde mine | 48°14′54.3″N 78°26′30.01″W / 48.248417°N 78.4416694°W / 48.248417; -78.4416694 (LaRonde mine) | 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 / 62.44222°N 114.39750°W / 62.44222; -114.39750 (Beaulieu mine) | Yellowknife | 1947-1948 | Only a total of 30 troy ounces were recovered. | ||
Burwash Mine | 62°24′N 114°24′W / 62.400°N 114.400°W / 62.400; -114.400 (Burwash mine) | 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 / 62.9864361°N 113.2134500°W / 62.9864361; -113.2134500 (Camlaren mine) | 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 / 64.20000°N 116.01972°W / 64.20000; -116.01972 (Colomac mine) | Canada | 1990–1992 1994-1997 | |||
Con Mine | 62°26′20″N 114°22′18″W / 62.43889°N 114.37167°W / 62.43889; -114.37167 (Con mine) | Newmont Mining Corporation | ||||
Discovery Mine | 63°11′12.01″N 113°53′30.01″W / 63.1866694°N 113.8916694°W / 63.1866694; -113.8916694 (Discovery mine) | GoldMining Inc. | ||||
Giant Mine | 62°29′59″N 114°21′31″W / 62.49972°N 114.35861°W / 62.49972; -114.35861 (Giant mine) | Miramar Mining Corporation | ||||
Lost McLeod Mine | ||||||
Negus Mine | 62°26′2″N 114°21′37″W / 62.43389°N 114.36028°W / 62.43389; -114.36028 (Negus mine) | Negus Mines Limited | 1939-1952 | |||
Outpost Island Mine | 61°44′8.88″N 113°27′32.04″W / 61.7358000°N 113.4589000°W / 61.7358000; -113.4589000 (Outpost Island mine) | Tungsten Corporation of Canada Limited | 1936-1952 | |||
Ptarmigan and Tom Mine | 62°31′15.0″N 114°11′45.0″W / 62.520833°N 114.195833°W / 62.520833; -114.195833 (Ptarmigan and Tom mine) | Yellowknife | Equitas Resources Corporation | 1941-Present | ||
Quartz Mountain mine | ||||||
Ruth Mine | 62°27′44.0″N 112°34′23.0″W / 62.462222°N 112.573056°W / 62.462222; -112.573056 (Ruth mine) | Yellowknife | 1941-1959 | |||
Salmita Mine | 64°04′45.0″N 111°14′45.0″W / 64.079167°N 111.245833°W / 64.079167; -111.245833 (Salmita mine) | Giant Yellowknife Mines Limited | 1983-1987 | |||
Thompson-Lundmark Mine | 62°36′43.2″N 113°28′26.4″W / 62.612000°N 113.474000°W / 62.612000; -113.474000 (Thompson-Lundmark mine) | 1941-1949 | ||||
Tundra Mine | 64°03′26.0″N 111°10′34.0″W / 64.057222°N 111.176111°W / 64.057222; -111.176111 (Tundra mine) | 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 / 65.750000°N 111.250000°W / 65.750000; -111.250000 (Lupin mine) | WPC Resources | 1982-Present | ||
Meadowbank Gold Mine | 65°01′07.0″N 96°04′26.0″W / 65.018611°N 96.073889°W / 65.018611; -96.073889 (Meadowbank Gold mine) | Kivalliq | Agnico-Eagle Mines | 2010-2017 | |
Meliadine Gold Mine | 63°1′55.29″N 92°13′15.84″W / 63.0320250°N 92.2210667°W / 63.0320250; -92.2210667 (Meliadine Gold mine) | Kivalliq | Agnico-Eagle Mines | 2019-Present |
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