Brookfield
Nova Scotia’s most recent barite mine was in Brookfield, Colchester County. It was mined by Nystone Chemicals from the 1980s to the early 2000s when it shut down, mainly due to declining demand for the pharmaceutical-grade barite it provided. The ore was trucked to the company’s Debert plant where it was processed for use in barium enemas and other internal medical X-ray procedures.
