Database name: |
World Mississippi Valley-type deposits |
Custodial agency: |
Geological Survey of Canada |
Compilers: |
D. F. Sangster |
Release date: |
2015-02-06 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Pine Point; Pine Point District |
Longitude / Latitude: |
-114.58333 / 60.78333 |
Political location(s): |
Canada; Province or state: Northwest Territories; Nearest community: Hay River (75 km West) |
NTS map data: |
085B15 (Breynat Point) |
Deposit clan (type): |
Mississippi Valley-type |
Deposit status: |
past producer |
Geologic province: |
Western Canada sedimentary basin |
Geologic subprovince: |
Pine Point embayment |
Deposit object located: |
centroid of district |
Commodities: |
Zn; Pb |
Mineralization styles: |
massive replacement; discordant collapse breccia cement; concordant collapse breccia cement |
Geological ages: |
Middle Devonian (host rocks) Late Devonian - Mississippian (mineralization) Late Devonian - Early Carboniferous (mineralization) |
Tectonic setting: |
continental platform (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow-water carbonatesIndividual lithologies: | dolostone dolostone | Host rock stratigraphy: | Pine Point formation |
(2) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow-water carbonatesIndividual lithologies: | dolostone limestone | Host rock stratigraphy: | Sulphur Point formation |
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Mineralogy: |
sphalerite, galena, pyrite, marcasite, dolomite |
Radiometric ages: |
Object dated: ore; Age - Ma: 71; +13; -13; Dating method: Paleomagnetism; Concentrate: Whole ore; Source rock: Massive sulphide; Event dated: mineralization; Reference: Symons, D. T. A.; Pan, H.; Sangster, D. F.; Jowett, E. C., 1993: Paleomagnetism of the Pine Point Zn-Pb Deposits; Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 30, p. 1028 - 1036
Object dated: mineralogy(1); Age - Ma: 361; +13; -13; Dating method: Rb-Sr; Concentrate: sphalerite; Source rock: Massive sulphide; Event dated: mineralization; Reference: Nakai, S.; Halliday, A. N. ; Kesler, S. E. ; Jones, H. D.; Kyle, J. R.; Lane, T. E., 1993: Rb-Sr Dating of Sphalerites from Mississippi Valley-Type (MVT) Ore Deposits; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 57, p. 417 - 427 |
References: |
Arne, D. C., 1991 |
Regional Thermal History of the Pine Point Area, Northwest Territories, Canada, from Apatite Fission Track Analysis |
Economic Geology, Volume 86, p. 428 - 435 |
Nakai, S.; Halliday, A. N. ; Kesler, S. E. ; Jones, H. D.; Kyle, J. R.; Lane, T. E., 1993 |
Rb-Sr Dating of Sphalerites from Mississippi Valley-Type (MVT) Ore Deposits |
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 57, p. 417 - 427 |
Paradis, S.; Hannigan, P.; Dewing, K., 2007 |
Mississippi Valley-type lead-zinc deposits |
in Mineral Deposits of Canada: a synthesis of major deposit types, district metallogeny, the evolution of geological provinces, and exploration methods, Edited by Goodfellow, W. D., Special Publication, Mineral Deposits Division, Geological Association of Canada, No. 5, 1061 p, p. 185 - 203 |
Rhodes, D.; Lantos, E. A.; Lantos, J. A.; Webb, R. J.; Owens, D. C., 1984 |
Pine Point Orebodies and their Relationship to the Stratigraphy, Structure, Dolomitization, and Karstification of the Middle Devonian Barrier Complex |
Economic Geology, Volume 79, p. 991 - 1055 |
Siega, A. D.; Gann, P., 2014 |
NI 43-101 Summary Technical Report Update of the Pine Point Mine Development Project Northwest Territories, Canada |
NI 43-101, Tamerlane Ventures Inc., Publication code 2014-03-14, 274 p. |
Symons, D. T. A.; Pan, H.; Sangster, D. F.; Jowett, E. C., 1993 |
Paleomagnetism of the Pine Point Zn-Pb Deposits |
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 30, p. 1028 - 1036 |
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Production data: |
Report period: from 1964 until 1988; 64,259,590 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: no; Yearly or summary?: SGrade-commodity information: | Zn: 7.03 percent Pb: 3.12 percent | Reference: Siega, A. D.; Gann, P., 2014: NI 43-101 Summary Technical Report Update of the Pine Point Mine Development Project Northwest Territories, Canada; NI 43-101, Tamerlane Ventures Inc., Publication code 2014-03-14, 274 p. Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |
Resource data: |
Disclaimer - Reserves/Resource Data
Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of Natural Resources (NRCan) does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy, completeness or fitness for any purpose of Reserve and Resource information (Data) contained in this database, including whether the Data is compliant with any securities regulations or standards, and NRCan does not assume any liability with respect to any damage or loss incurred as a result of the use made of the Data.
Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported. |
Estimate date: 1987; 680,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: proven and probableGrade-commodity information: | Zn: 10.4 percent Pb: 3.4 percent | Reference: Ellis, C. E. (Editor(s)), 1990: Mineral Industry Report, 1986-1987, Northwest Territories; Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Government of Canada, 284 p. Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |