Minerals of the Pine Point lead-zinc deposits Northwest Territories Canada.

From: Rocks & Minerals | Date: January 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Lead-zinc mineralization in the Pine Point district, Northwest Territories, first attracted economic attention more than a century ago from prospectors on their way to the Klondike gold rush. The mineralization consists of lens-shaped bodies of galena and sphalerite, which are restricted to interconnected paleokarst networks in a coarsely dolomitized Middle Devonian barrier reef complex. Because of its remote location and lack of precious metals, mining was not initiated until the 1960s. Mining at Pine Point contributed both to the development of northern Canada and to the classic ...

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