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Bitumen from
Pine Point, Northwest Territories, Canada


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Petroleum var: Bitumen
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calciteⓘ2 photos of Bitumen associated with Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bitumen data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pine Point, Northwest Territories, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:134815
Long-form Identifier:1:3:134815:6
GUID (UUID V4):4da7370d-1ba0-4d0f-9234-22fc2b5de980
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
OrganicGeochemistry of the Pine Point Lead-ZincOre Field and Region,NorthwestTerritories,Canada* R. W. MACQUEEN...Universityof Waterloo,Waterloo,OntarioN2L 3G1, Canada AND T. G. POWELL Institute of Sedimentaryand PetroleumGeology...PetroleumGeology,GeologicalSurveyof Canada, 3303 33 Street N.W., Calgary,Alberta T2L 2A7, Canada Abstract Indigenous...the Middle Devonianbarriercomplexwithin whichthe Pine Pointlead-zincore field is located.A studyof the...MACQUEEN AND T. G. POWELL United States,commonlyhave bitumen presentand thusofferan opportunityto applythe approaches
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Uni6ersity, 67 York Street, Sack6ille, New Brunswick, Canada, E4L 1E6 b Centre de Géochimie de la Surface,...Department of Earth Sciences, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, A1B 3X5 Received 17 June 1997; accepted 5 May...the fossil reactors, and in late dolerite dikes. Bitumen migration occurred at Oklo during at least three...liquids, derivatives of which are preserved as solid bitumen, were generated by thermal maturation of black...solid bitumen commonly occur in close association, carbon of the youngest (low reflectance) bitumen is isotopically
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
is unconsolidated sand that is held together by bitumen. In some cases there are local secondary cements...help bind the sands, but, in general, once the bitumen is removed, the sand is loose and falls apart....economic development of the resource. An oil sand or bitumen deposit has hydrocarbon in situ viscosities of...1983), allowing some primary production. Both bitumen and heavy oil have low rates and recovery factors...deposits are referred to as ‘primary in-situ crude bitumen’ (Hein, 2004). The present volume is a compilation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gas · Hydrogen sulfide · Carbonate reservoirs · Bitumen · Sulfur · Mississippi Valley-type ore deposit...hydrocarbons# SO2~Naltered hydrocarbons# 4 solid bitumen#HCO~(CO )#H S(HS~~)#(heat) 3 2 2 The main prerequisites...present (see also Altered hydrocarbons and solid bitumen). Sulfur accumulation can only take place if no...either as a liquid or as a solid. Its freezing point of 116—119 °C can be decreased to 90 °C in the presence...in Devonian/Carboniferous reservoirs of western Canada (Krouse et al. 1988). The authors describe greater
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MississippiValley-typelead-zincore depositsat Pine Point occurin dissolutionvugs,caverns,andbreccias,whichpreviouslywere...andbrecciasthat hostMississippi Valley-type ore depositsat Pine Point are filled with laminateddolomites,saddledolomites...andbrecciasthat hostMississippi Valley-typeore depositsat Pine Point appearto be related to hydrothermalbrines,not...updip movement,all of whichmay havebeen activeat Pine Point. Introduction barrier in the Western Canadasedimentarybasin...world'slargestMississippi type lead-zinc ore deposits at Pine Point (Fig. 1). The tain Mississippi Valley-typelead-zincore
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lake, central British Columbia: evidence from bitumen and fluid inclusions M.L. Thomson, M. Mastalerz...University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada Received: April 16, 1991/Accepted: January 9, 1992...thermal history are determined for the barite and bitumen-bearing, early Eocene (ca. 50 Ma) polymetallic... central British Columbia, Canada. Carbon isotopic values for the bitumen are highly negative (~13C ca...equivalent weight percent NaCI. Parageneticaly younger bitumen has a vitfinite reflectance of 0.6% indicating
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Pine Point Lead-Zinc District H. SKALL Abstract The lithologies of the Devonian Pine Point barrier...about 400 feet of the Muskeg Formation in the Pine Point area. During this time the barrier, separating...developmentand marked the end of the barrier in the Pine Point area. During late Givetian,a marinetransgression...sediments of the Watt Mountain and lower Slave Point Formations which later, with a more widespread...by shallow platform depositsof the middle Slave Point. Different rates of subsidencebetween adjacent areas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
districts (see Figure 1) and the Pine Point district (Northwest Territories, Canada). Consequently,this paper...deposits formed in this way. For example, in the Pine Point district there are no reports of textural evidence...1980, 1981, Roedder 1968a,b). The studies of Pine Point demonstrate that the typical ore textures are...to explain the origin of the mineralization at Pine Point, as advocated by Anderson (1975, 1983), Beales...Wisconsin Arch (see summaries in Heyl et al 1974). At Pine Point, the average sulfur isotopic compositions of
Report (chapter)
events in the MacKenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada GEORGE A. MORRIS & BRUCE E. N E S... University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E3, Canada Abstract: Six distinct fluid events, which span...Y u k o n , a n d western N o r t h w e s t Territories have u n d e r g o n e a protracted history o...events in the MacKenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada. in: PARNELL, J. (ed.) 1998. Dating... E. NESBITT some of the richest gas fields in Canada (Morrow et al. 1990; Fraser et al. submitted).
Report (chapter)
levels: altered and oxidized hydrocarbons (including bitumen), hydrogen sulphide, metal sulphides (including...these reactions are discussed from the vantage point of sulphate reduction, which always implies concomitant...initially 4H2S + 1.33 HCO 3" altered hydrocarbons + bitumen HCO 3" + H2S (+CO2?) + heat free of base and transition...these precipitates in natural environments is bitumen. Subordinate reaction products, also omitted from...carbonate species and some CO2 and CO, and no bitumen is formed. There is abundant geological evidence
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the reduction of metal ions on contact with bitumen, and may reach levels so high that ore mineral...The potential use of bitumen distribution and/or metal enrichment within bitumen for ore exploration is...1975). In this study metals in handpicked solid bitumen samples from Great Britain were determined using...Perkin-Elmer PE240 elemental analyser. Data The bitumen samples from Great Britain yielded a range of metal...up to 10 ppm, respectively. 104 10s Fig. 1. Bitumen sample localities in the Welsh Borderland for Dy/V/U
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
RegionalFluid Flow in the Genesisof the Pine Point Deposit, Western Canada SedimentaryBasin GRANT GARVEN Departmentof...genesisof the carbonate-hosted lead-zincdepositsat Pine Point. The numerical modelingis performedalonga v...100øC.Underthesepossible site conditions,the Pine Point depositscouldhave formed over a time interval...White basalaquiferstowardthe basinmargins,has long Pine copper deposit in northern Michigan. Sharp been...hostedlead-zincdepositsat Pine Point, Northwest have extendedthe compactionmechanismanalysis Territories. The quant
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
August displayaverage temperatures above freezing point. However, towards the Inland lce the valleys have...- a joint venture of the Geological Surveys of Canada and Greenland - in 1965-1966 (Allaart, 1965; Norford...for future exploration. Neither oil seepage nor bitumen impregnation were reported, but carbonates with...SOO 40° Fig. 3. Geological provinces in Arctic Canada and northem Greenland. Compiled after numerous...relevant. Compared to North Greenland, activities in Canada started much earlier and have now reached an earlymature
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
been sporadically described from a palynological point of view (Venkatachala, 1981; Batten, 1984). The...scolecodonts, acritarchs and spores were observed. Solid bitumen is widespread in a number of samples. This may...Alteration Index) evaluation since the migrated bitumen has often been through a different thermal history...e:::-M-R,B with solid bitumen is the resemblance of palynomorph membranes to bitumen flakes which have been...been squeezed between minerals. Examples of bitumen in palynologically prepared samples are iIlustrated
Report (chapter)
the Devonian Prairie Evaporite karst in Western Canada: impact on the overlying Cretaceous Athabasca Oil...Broughton & Associates, PO Box 6976, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 2G2 broughton@shawcable.com Abstract: The Middle...to 200 m of halitedominated beds across Western Canada in a salt basin extending from northern Alberta...overlying Cretaceous McMurray Formation point bar complexes. Fluvial point bars up to 6 km long and tens of...of the Elk Point Group (Middle Devonian), extending across large areas of Western Canada and to the south
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pattern of thermal maturity and a distribution of bitumen occurrences suggesting that significant amounts...and Silurian strata, Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada. Bult. Am. Ass. Petrol. Geol. 71,951-957. Bishop...and modeIling of organic diagenesis. Geoscience Canada 12, 4-21. Bustin, R M., Cameron, A. R., Grieve...platform: Canada and Greenland. The geology of North America E. Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. Christie...platform: Canada and Greenland. The geology of North Arnerica E. Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. Christie
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
geochemical data were obtained from the associated bitumen occurrences (see Chapter 7). The extracts of the...of the Silurian source rocks and two associated bitumen samples display homogeneous biornarker distributions...triterpenoids (fig. 20 A). The Silurian source rocks (and bitumen o 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 2...20 C). It is remarkable that all eight analysed bitumen samples contain the triterpenoid biornarker gammacerane...Land (sample 316061). (C) Long-distance-migrated bitumen in Portfjeld Formation, southern Wulff Land (sample
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sites in central and western North Green- ROCK BITUMEN SAMPLES AND CORE LECO KEROGEN SEPARATION SAMPLES...Felbeck, 1983; Katz, 1983) and presence of migrated bitumen (Clementz, 1979). In order to reduce errors and...324490, Thors Fjord Member, Warming Land), (C) bitumen-impregnated sandstone (sample 322205, Buen Formation...palynological studies), 54 samples of source rocks and bitumen were selected for GC analysis. Sixteen af these...fluorescence measurements of graptolites, kerogen and bitumen were carried out at the source rock laboratories
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pos1mature limrt 55' SO' B" mOkm Reference point for thickness I analyticai data 45' 40' Fig......... - 8" 100 km Postmature limit Reference point for thickness I analyticai data 55' SO' 45' 40'...by the frequent staining of thermally unaltered bitumen in the potential reservoir rocks, the low thermal...and Silurian strata, Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada. Bult. Am. Ass. Petrol. Geol. 71,951-957. Bishop...and modeIling of organic diagenesis. Geoscience Canada 12, 4-21. Bustin, R M., Cameron, A. R., Grieve
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chapter 7 Bitumen occurrences F. G. Christiansen, B. Buchardt, J. Jensenius, H. F. Jepsen, H. Nøhr-Hansen...direct evidence of generation and migration, namely bitumen occurrences, provides important additional information...today, the importance af oil seeps and visual bitumen must not be underrated. Many of the important oilproducing...Greenland. Terminology The terminology of solid bitumen and similar substances is complicated, confusing...(Jacob, 1983, 1985). In the present study the term bitumen is used for products of once-liquid oil (more or
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
have, however, 160' 140' :140' 100 0 W' ~: CANADA BASIN C¡ ~: >4o: (J)' o: ;z: o: ~: O¡ -J...hydrocarbon occurrences (filled circles: oil and bitumen, open circles: gas), ocean spreading and tectonism...in age and tectonic setting occurs in Alberta, Canada. Many other Lower Palaeozoic basins with similarities...Reservoir rocks: ?, asphalt seepage in WuUf Land, bitumen in upper part of the formation in Freuchen Land...Formations of the Brønlund Fjord Group. Macroscopie bitumen and hydrocarbon staining are common in these units
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralization: Evidence from East Tennessee and Pine Point FREDERICK M. HAYNES AND STEPHEN E. KESLER Departmentof...MascotJeffersonCity zinc district of East Tennesseeand the Pine Point lead-zincdistrict of the NorthwestTerritoriesrevealsthat...decrepitates fromsphaleriteandore-associated dolomiteat Pine PointcontainappreciableS, occasionally in amountsequalto...The presenceof significantCa andS togetherin the Pine Pointfluid inclusions andthe absence ofdaughter...Mascot-JeffersonCity districtof EastTennesseeand the Pine crepitation.Inclusions in PinePointsphalerite,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Universityof Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont. N2L 3G1, Canada (Received December 5, 1990; revised and accepted...(Michigan, U.S.A.), and in Athabasca oil sands (Canada), provides field support that silica-organic complexing...University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont. N2L, 3G1, Canada.. variety of ways that organic compounds directly...occur within the Proterozoic Nonesuch Shale at White Pine Mine, U.S.A. These fractures have mineral haloes...from the Konrad Mine, Poland, the extractable bitumen is significantly oxidized within the Cu-Ag-sulfide
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA | BULLETIN. 522; MIDDLE DEVONIAN BRACHIOPODS, CONODONTS, STRATIGRAPHY, AND...CYCLES, PINE POINT AREA, SOUTH OF GREAT SLAVE LAKE, DISTRICT OF MACKENZIE, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES PART I:...Ressources naturelles Canada a, ; Canad a| GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA BULLETIN 522 MIDDLE DEVONIAN...CYCLES, PINE POINT AREA, SOUTH OF GREAT SLAVE LAKE, DISTRICT OF MACKENZIE, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES PART...faunas Uyeno NORTHWEST COMMUNITY COLLEGE faunas ŠHer Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, Catalogue
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FOLINSBEE University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada My title is made up of three disparate elements...Athabasca reserve of 38 billion barrels of crude bitumen (Energy Resources Conservation Board, 1975) to...North Sea between 1970 and 1975. The hunting territories of the world are yielding diminishing returns...billion barrels for the southern part of the western Canada L- 10 • FENN-BIG VALLEY RECOVERABLE RESERVE...basin, at a time when industry and government in Canada were actively wooing sales of oil to the northern
 
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