Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Bucko Lake Mine, Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1885
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1875

mindat Locality ID: 212076
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-212076.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bucko Lake Mine, Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°52'41"N
Longitude: 98°39'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.878055555556,-98.658888888889

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.

Amphibole	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cubanite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite
Spinel	Wurtzite

Anthophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Violarite ()*

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: Al Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Clay Cubanite Mica Nickeline None Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite
Spinel Wurtzite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1885	1875	718
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1885	1875	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1885	1875	3902
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1885	1875	802
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1885	1875	1188
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1885	1875	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1885	1875	14899
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1885	1875	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1885	1875	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1885	1875	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1885	1875	9056
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1885	1875	2562
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1885	1875	380

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_667	Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	EG105_1057_016	1880	1880	1880							Yes			Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	212064	Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, Canada	Thompson	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057
	Michelle_667	1885	1875	1880±5		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province								Ni, Cu	212076	Bucko Lake Mine, Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, Canada	Bucko	Hoatson et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002	OGR29_177	See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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