Pine Point Mine

Pine Point Mine
Location
Pine Point Mine is located in Canada
Pine Point Mine
Pine Point Mine
Location in Canada
LocationGreat Slave Lake
TerritoryNorthwest Territories
CountryCanada
Coordinates60°52′13″N 114°27′21″W / 60.87028°N 114.45583°W / 60.87028; -114.45583
Production
ProductsLead, Zinc
History
Opened1965
Closed1988
Owner
CompanyPine Point Mining[1]
Websitepinepointmining.com/pine-point-project/

The Pine Point Mine is located on the south shore of Great Slave Lake between Hay River to the west and Fort Resolution to the east, in the Northwest Territories of Canada. It produced lead and zinc ores from a Mississippi Valley Type deposit between 1964 and 1988.[2] Most of the mining was done by open-pit methods. The town of Pine Point was built by the mining company, Cominco, and when the mine closed the town was abandoned and demolished.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference owner was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Guilbert, John M. and Charles F. Park, The Geology of Ore Deposits, Freeman, 1986 ISBN 0-7167-1456-6