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Dolomite-sphalerite-galena from Canada. (public display, Geology Department, Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, USA)

Whitish-gray & yellowish-tan = dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2 - calcium magnesium carbonate Very light brown to dark brown = sphalerite (ZnS = zinc sulfide) Silvery-gray = galena (PbS = lead sulfide)

Canada's Pine Point mining complex targets lead and zinc minerals at a Mississippi Valley-type deposit in Devonian-aged carbonates (dolostones & dolomitic limestones).

[See descriptions of Mississippi Valley-type deposits in the photo captions elsewhere in this album: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/albums/72157680957823782">www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/albums/72157680957823782</a> ]

Locality: unrecorded/undisclosed pit in the Pine Point Mine complex, south of Great Slave Lake, southern Northwest Territories, northwestern Canada (vicinity of 60° 11' 45" North latitude, 114° 27' 07.39" West longitude)
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Author James St. John

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