Mine detail: Pine Point Mine

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Location:	Northwest Territories, Canada, North America
Lat / long:	60.80006, -114.45135
dep_id:	10089364
mrds_id:	W018972
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Lead, Zinc
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Galena, Sphalerite
gangue:	Calcite, Fluorite, Marcasite, Pyrite
orebody_fm:	ELONGATE TABULAR LENSES
model:	224: Mississippi Valley, S.E. Missouri Pb-Zn
ore_ctrl:	Combination Of Sedimentary Porosity, Faults, Fractures, And Karstin. Also Evaporite Solution
Reporter:	Schruben, Paul G.
hrock_unit:	Presq*le Formation-Dolomite;Pine Point Formation-Dolomite
hrock_type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin To The West, Mackenzie Shale Basin On The North, Elk Point Evaporite Basin To The South
tectonic:	Presquile Barrier Reef
Year first produced:	1964
disc_yr:	1898
References:	Deposit:: JACKSON, S. A., AND FOLINSBEE, R. E., 1969, THE PINE POINT LEAD - ZINC DEPOSITS, N. W. T. CANADA INTROD. AND PALEOCOLOGY OF THE PRESQ*LE REEF; ECON. GEOL. V. 64, NO. 7 P. 711 - 717 Deposit:: CUMMING, G. L., AND ROBERTSON, D. K., 1969, ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF LEAD FROM THE PINE POINT DEPOSIT; ECON. GEOL. V. 64 NO. 7 P. 731 - 732 Deposit:: GIBNEY, W. H. R., 1970, MINING OPERATIONS AT PINE POINT MINES; IN AIME WORLD SYMPOSIUM ON MINING AND METALLURGY OF LEAD & ZINC, V. 1 P 289 - 300 Deposit:: BEALES, F. W. JACKSON, S. A., 1968, PINE POINT - A STRATIGRAPHICAL APPROACH; CAN. MINING AND METALLURGICAL BULL., JULY 1968 P. 867 - 877 Deposit:: 1929 DIREXPL NORTHERN PB - ZN CO. - 500,000 MT LOCATED Deposit:: 1948 DIREXPL COMINCO - 4.5 MIL MT OF 4% PB, 7% ZN BY 1954 Production:: JACKSON, S. A. AND FOLINSBEE, 1969, ECON. GEOL. V. 64 P 713. CANADIAN MINES HNDBK 1975 - 6 P., 1973 - 4 P 267. U.S. BU MINES MIN YBK 1973 V. 1 P. 695. NORTHERN MINER 3-24-77 P 3 Reserve-Resource:: NORTHERN MINER, 3-24-77 P. 22