Provenite

Pine Point Mine

MineClosedDraft data

60.8703° N, 114.4558° W · ± 10 km

Dolomite from Northwest Territories, Canada, with photos of specimens from this locality.

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Minerals found here

Dolomite

Dolomite at Pine Point Mine

Ore sample of whitish-gray to tan dolomite with sphalerite and galena from the Pine Point mine complex.
Ore sample of whitish-gray to tan dolomite with sphalerite and galena from the Pine Point mine complex.
Photo: James St. John · CC BY 2.0 · Source
Formula
CaMg(CO₃)₂
Color / luster
Whitish-gray to yellowish-tan
Associated minerals
Sphaleritegalenamarcasitepyritecalcite

Sources: SRC-522 SRC-495

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Geology of the locality

Setting
Carbonate-hosted lead-zinc deposits (many open pits) in the Presqu'ile Formation south of Great Slave Lake
Host rock
Dolomite and limestone (Presqu'ile Formation)
Region
Northwest Territories
Country
Canada

Mined 1964-1988; the photographed specimen comes from an unrecorded pit of the complex, so the position is district-level.

Sources: SRC-495

Sources

  1. SRC-495 · Website
    Pine Point MineWikipedia contributors · Wikipedia
  2. SRC-522 · Website
    File:Dolomite-sphalerite-galena (Pine Point Mine, Northwest Territories, Canada) (40704477664).jpg (Wikimedia Commons)James St. John · Wikimedia Commons

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