Mine detail: Pine Point Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 60.90007, -114.41805

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Zinc
Other material: Anhydrite, Barite, Calcite, Celestite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Galena, Gypsum, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Sulfur
Discovery year: 1899

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1964

Geology

References

MAS1220300008
DEP10133483
Reference{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.}
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