Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model224: Mississippi Valley, S.E. Missouri Pb-Zn
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formELONGATE TABULAR LENSES
Ore controlCombination Of Sedimentary Porosity, Faults, Fractures, And Karstin. Also Evaporite Solution
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Fluorite, Marcasite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Presqu'Ile Formation-Dolomite;Pine Point Formation-Dolomite
StructureWestern Canadian Sedimentary Basin To The West, Mackenzie Shale Basin On The North, Elk Point Evaporite Basin To The South
Tectonic settingPresquile Barrier Reef
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1964
Discovery year1898
Identification
Deposit ID10089364
MRDS IDW018972
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates60.80006, -114.45135
References
JACKSON, S. A., AND FOLINSBEE, R. E., 1969, THE PINE POINT LEAD - ZINC DEPOSITS, N. W. T. CANADA INTROD. AND PALEOCOLOGY OF THE PRESQU'ILE REEF; ECON. GEOL. V. 64, NO. 7 P. 711 - 717CUMMING, G. L., AND ROBERTSON, D. K., 1969, ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF LEAD FROM THE PINE POINT DEPOSIT; ECON. GEOL. V. 64 NO. 7 P. 731 - 732GIBNEY, 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 - 300BEALES, F. W. JACKSON, S. A., 1968, PINE POINT - A STRATIGRAPHICAL APPROACH; CAN. MINING AND METALLURGICAL BULL., JULY 1968 P. 867 - 8771929 DIREXPL NORTHERN PB - ZN CO. - 500,000 MT LOCATED1948 DIREXPL COMINCO - 4.5 MIL MT OF 4% PB, 7% ZN BY 1954JACKSON, 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 3NORTHERN MINER, 3-24-77 P. 22