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Locality Name:
Pine Point, Northwest Territories, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 21144
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21144.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pine Point, Northwest Territories, Canada": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
J-44 Pit
N-32 Pit
N-42 Pit
N81 Deposit
O-42 Pit
X-15 Mine

Latitude: 60°49'59"N
Longitude: 114°30'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.833055555556,-114.5

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Marcasite	Melanterite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Starkeyite	Sulphur

Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bianchite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rozenite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Hexahydrite Marcasite Melanterite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Starkeyite Sulphur

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	0		1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	31112	11547
Bianchite ()*	Hexahydrite	Zn(SO₄)·6H₂O	0		40
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	31108,31109,31112	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	31108,31109,31110	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	31107,31108,31109,31111,31112	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	0		1689
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	0		251
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0		5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	0		915
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	0		293
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	0		2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	31107,31108,31109,31111,31112	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	0		2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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