CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
4 Canada (Northwest Territories) 60.47.00 N -- 114.35.00 W Pine Point; Pine Point District Zn; Pb
 
Database name: World Mississippi Valley-type deposits
Custodial agency: Geological Survey of Canada
Compilers: D. F. Sangster
Release date: 2015-02-06
   
Deposit name(s): Pine Point; Pine Point District
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 carbonates
Individual lithologies:dolostone
dolostone
Host rock stratigraphy:Pine Point formation

(2) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow-water carbonates
Individual lithologies:dolostone
limestone
Host rock stratigraphy:Sulphur Point formation
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

Production data: Report period: from 1964 until 1988; 64,259,590 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: no; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-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:
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Estimate date: 1987; 680,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: proven and probable
Grade-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%
Associated group(s): Pine Point District (10)

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