NAICS Canada 212231—Lead-zinc ore mining

Where 212231 sits

1. 21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
2. 212 Mining and quarrying (except oil and gas)
3. 2122 Metal ore mining
4. 21223 Copper, nickel, lead and zinc ore mining
5. 212231 Lead-zinc ore mining

Description

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in mining, beneficiating or otherwise preparing lead ores, zinc ores or lead-zinc ores.

What 212231 includes

• Calamine, galena, smithsonite, sphalerite ore and willemite mining
• Cerussite mining

Example activities

• calamine, galena, smithsonite, sphalerite ore and willemite mining
• cerussite mining
• lead concentrates
• lead ore milling
• lead, zinc and lead-zinc ore, beneficiating and mining
• lead-zinc ore mining
• zinc concentrates, mining
• zincite and zinc blende (sphalerite), mining

212231 in other systems