Mine detail: Pine Point Mine

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Location:	Northwest Territories, Canada, North America
Lat / long:	60.90007, -114.41805
dep_id:	10133483
mas_id:	1220300008
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Lead, Zinc
Operation type:	Surface
Development status:	Past Producer
other_matl:	Anhydrite, Barite, Calcite, Celestite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Galena, Gypsum, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Sulfur
work_type:	Surface
Reporter:	Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC)
Year first produced:	1964
disc_yr:	1899
References:	Deposit:: ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., PINE POINT; SEPT., 1969, P.196. Deposit:: HURDLE, B.E., THE PINE POINT MINE; MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL, Deposit:: APRIL, 1967, P.72-74. Deposit:: CAMPBELL, NEIL, THE LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS OF PINE POINT; Deposit:: CIM BULL., AUG., 1966, P.953-960. Deposit:: CORMODE, ALEC, IMPROVEMENTS AT PINE POINT ZINC OPERATION; Deposit:: CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, MARCH, 1977, P.9,12. Deposit:: VOGWILL, RICHARD I.J., SOME PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF OPEN-PIT Deposit:: DEWATERING AT PINE POINT; CIM BULL., APRIL, 1976,P.76-88. Deposit:: BOTTOMLEY, PAMELA, DEPRESSED ZINC MARKETS CHALLENGE PINE Deposit:: POINT; NORTHERN MINER, AUG. 3, 1978, P.1,6. Deposit:: PINE POINT MINES LTD. STAFF, PINE POINT MINES LIMITED, Deposit:: IN MINERAL INDUSTRIES IN WESTERN CANADA, THE TENTH Deposit:: COMMONWEALTH MINING AND METALLURGICAL CONGRESS-SEPT.2-28, Deposit:: 1974, P.1-14. Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, IMAGINATION, INNOVATION IN PINE POINT Deposit:: SUCCESS; NOV. 29, 1979, P.D20, D22. Deposit:: CAMPBELL, NEIL, MAR. 1966, TECTONICS, REEFS AND STRATIFORM Deposit:: LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE PINE POINT AREA, CANADA, GENESIS Deposit:: OF STRATIFORM LEAD-ZINC-BARITE-FLUORITE DEPOSITS, A Deposit:: SYMPOSIUM SOC. OF ECON. GEOL. PP. 59-70. Deposit:: COMINCO IN THE 8* APR. 11, 1980, MINING JOUR., P. 291. Deposit:: COMINCO LTD., 1974-77 ANN. RPTS. Deposit:: COMINCO RECORD SALES, MAY 9, 1980 MINING JOUR., P.394 Deposit:: CUMMINGS, G.L., AND ROBERTSON, D.K., 1969, ISOTOPIC COMPO- Deposit:: SITION OF LEAD FROM THE PINE POINT DEPOSIT, ECON. GEOL. Deposit:: N. 64, PP.731-732. Deposit:: DEPT. OF INDIAN AND NORTHERN AFFAIRS, 1975, MINERAL INDUSTRY Deposit:: REPT-NORTH OF 60, N.W. TERR., PP.111-114 Deposit:: FRITZ, PETER, 1969, THE OXYGEN AND CARBON ISOTOPIC COMP- Deposit:: OSITION OF CARBONATES FROM THE PINE POINT LEAD-ZINC ORE Deposit:: DEPOSITS, ECON. GEOL., V. 64, P. 733-742. Deposit:: INTER. GEOL. CONG., 1972, GUIDEBOOK: FIELD EXCURSION A24- Deposit:: C24, 24TH SESSION, CAN., PP.1-19. Deposit:: KYLE, J.R., NOV. 1980, CONTROLS OF LEAD-ZINC MINERALIZATION Deposit:: PINE POINT DISTRICT N.W. TERR. CAN., MIN. ENG., Deposit:: PP.1617-1626 Deposit:: MINERAL RESOURCES BRANCH, DEPT. OF ENERGY, MINES AND Deposit:: RESOURCES, PINE POINT, OTTAWA, CAN., APR. 1976. Deposit:: MINING PINE POIN* WIDESPREAD PITS, AND OUTSIDE MINES: Deposit:: VARIETY AND SPECIAL PROBLEMS, WEPT. 1973, E/MJ, PP.126-129 Deposit:: NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, OCT. 1980, WORLD MINING, P.89. Deposit:: PINE POINTS MINES, INCREASED STRIPPING COSTS PRUNE PROFITS Deposit:: AUG. 29, 1980, MIN. JOUR., P.171. Deposit:: PINE POINT INITIATES $7.4 MILLION HOUSING PROGRAM SEPT. 1980 Deposit:: WESTERN MINER, P.61. Deposit:: PINE POINT MINES LTD., 1970-79, ANN. RPTS. Deposit:: POPOU, V.V., 1976, ORIGIN OF STRATIFORM LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS, Deposit:: INTER. GEOL. REV., VOL. 20, NO. 1, PP.73-80. Deposit:: SASATI, AKIRA, AND KROUSE, H.R., 1969, SULFUR ISOTOPES AND Deposit:: THE PINE POINT LEAD-ZINC MINERALIZATION, ECON. GEOL, Deposit:: V. 64, PP. 718-730. Deposit:: SMITH, T.E., AND PHILLIPS D., NOV. 1980, PINE POINT MINES Deposit:: DRAGLINE APPLICATION OF A PEAK SHAVER ON A SMALL POWER Geology:: JACKSON, S.A. AND R.E. FOLINSBEE, THE PINE POINT LEAD-ZINC Geology:: DEPOSITS, N.W.T., CANADA, INTRODUCTION AND PALEOCOLOGY OF Geology:: THE PRESQ*LE REEF; ECON. GEOL., VOL. 64, NO. 7, NOV., Geology:: 1969, P.711-717. Geology:: CAMPBELL, NEIL, STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF PINE POINT Geology:: AREA, N.W.T.; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF CANADIAN ORE Geology:: DEPOSITS, VOL. II, 1957, P.161-174. Geology:: SKALL, H., THE PALEOENVIRONMENT OF THE PINE POINT LEAD-ZINC Geology:: DISTRICT; ECON. GEOL., VOL. 70, 1975, P.22-47. Geology:: BEALES, F.W. AND S.A. JACKSON, PINE POINT-A STRATIGRAPHICAL Geology:: APPROACH; CIM BULL, JULY, 1968, P.867-878. Production:: CORMODE, D.A., PINE POINT MINES LIMITED, D.E. PICKETT, Production:: MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA, CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 16, 1978, Production:: P.222-227. Reserve-Resource:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1979-80, NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD., Reserve-Resource:: 1979, P.212.