| Title | Indicator minerals in till and bedrock samples from the Pine Point Mississippi Valley-type district, Northwest Territories |
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| Author | Oviatt, N M; McClenaghan, M B; Paulen, R C; Gleeson, S A; Averill, S A; Paradis, S |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7423, 2013, 87 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/293031 (Open Access) |
| Links | Canadian Database of Geochemical Surveys, downloadable
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| Links | Banque de données de levés géochimiques du Canada,
fichiers téléchargeables
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| Year | 2013 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | digital; on-line |
| Related | This publication is related to Hall, G E M; Hall, G E M;
McClenaghan, M B; McClenaghan, M B; (2013). Field portable XRF in exploration and mining, New frontiers for exploration in glaciated terrain, Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7374 |
| File format | readme
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| File format | pdf; xls; rtf |
| Province | Northwest Territories |
| NTS | 85A/12; 85A/13; 85B/09; 85B/10; 85B/11; 85B/14; 85B/15; 85B/16 |
| Area | Great Slave Lake; Pine Point; Buffalo River |
| Lat/Long WENS | -115.1667 -113.8333 61.0000 60.6667 |
| Subjects | surficial geology/geomorphology; economic geology; geochemistry; indicator elements; mineral exploration; tills; till samples; sphalerite; galena; smithsonite; cerussite; pyrite; ice transport
directions; mineral deposits; Mississippi Valley deposits; drift prospecting; glacial deposits; geochemical analyses; heavy mineral analyses; lead; zinc; dispersal patterns; sedimentary rocks; sulphides; Slave Point Formation; Watt Mountain
Formation; Pine Point Formation; indicator minerals; Cenozoic; Quaternary |
| Illustrations | location maps; photographs; photomicrographs; tables; plots |
| Program | GEM: Geo-mapping for Energy and
Minerals, GEM Tri-Territorial information management & databases (Tri-Territorial Indicator Minerals Framework) |
| Released | 2013 10 28 |
| Abstract | An indicator mineral study was conducted within the Pine Point Mississippi Valley-type (MVT) district in Northwest Territories to document the abundance, morphology, size and, chemistry of the indicator
minerals present in the deposits and in till down-ice of the deposits. Till and bedrock samples for this study were collected in 2010 and 2011. Heavy mineral concentrates (specific gravity >3.2) were isolated from till samples and indicator minerals
were picked from this fraction. Indicator minerals identified for the Pine Point MVT deposits include sphalerite, galena, smithsonite, cerussite, and pyrite. Sphalerite and galena are the most useful indicator minerals because they are the most
abundant in ore and till samples down-ice and they are sufficiently physically robust that they survive glacial transport. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
Complete documentation of the indicator minerals that that Pine Point Mississippi Valley-Type (MVT) lead-zinc deposit could possibly generate during
glacial erosion. Comparison and reported with results from till samples collected down-ice. This information is applicable for drift prospecting and exploration of MVT style deposits in northern Canada. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 293031 |
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