Mine detail: Nanisivik Mine

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Location: Northwest Territories, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 73.03397, -84.53311
dep_id: 10085062
mrds_id: W700568
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Silver, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Gypsum, Quartz
work_type: Underground
model: 224: Mississippi Valley, S.E. Missouri Pb-Zn
ore_ctrl: E-W Fault Tectonics Control Ore Directions And Locally Ore Emplacement, N-S Cross Faulting Controls Late Stage Dyke Direction And Offsets Ore Zones Locally.
Reporter: Beougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.), Bolm, Karen S.
hrock_type: Dolomite
disc_yr: 1957
discr: Texas Gulf Sulfur
References:
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 44.
  • Deposit:: CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990, VIII SYMPOSIUM, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON THE GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS, OTTAWA, CANADA.
  • Production:: CORE SHED DISPLAY INDEX, 1990.
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