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The Zinc-Lead Deposits of the Pine Point District — Canada

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An example of a zinc-lead deposit in Palaeozoic carbonate rocks of which there are many in the central part of North America. It is particularly important to the understanding of this kind of Mineralization because of its connection with petroleum and evaporite accumulations.

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  • Beales, F. W., Jackson, S. A. (1966), Precipitation of Lead Zinc Ores in Carbonate Rocks as Illustrated by the Pine Point Ore Field, Canada. Trans. Inst. Min, Metall., 75, B278–B285. [The best account extant of the origin of the ore.]

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  • Campbell, N. (1967), Tectonic Reefs and Stratiform Lead-Zinc Deposits of the Pine Point Area, Canada. Econ. Geol. Monograph 3, pp. 57–70. [The best account of the geology of the deposits.]

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  • McCrossan, R. G., etal., ed. (1964), Geological History of Western Canada. Alberta Society of Petroleum Geologists, Calgary, 232pp. [A large and comprehensive documentation containing a full description of the sedimentation in the Elk Point Basin.]

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  • Norris, A. W. (1965), Stratigraphy of Middle Devonian and Older Palaeozoic Rocks of the Great Slave Lake Region, Northwest Territories. Geol. Surv. Canada, Mem., 322. [The standard work on the regional geology of the area.]

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  • Skall, H. (1975), Palaeo-environments of the Pine Point Lead-Zinc District. Econ. Geol., 70, 22–47. [A full account of the facies variations in the Pine Point Group.]

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  1. Imperial College, London, UK

    Colin J. Dixon (Senior Lecturer in Mining Geology)

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Dixon, C.J. (1979). The Zinc-Lead Deposits of the Pine Point District — Canada. In: Atlas of Economic Mineral Deposits. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6511-2_22

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