Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Besner Mine (Bessner; Henvey Pegmatite), Henvey Township, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1160
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1154

mindat Locality ID: 8666
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8666.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Besner Mine (Bessner; Henvey Pegmatite), Henvey Township, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°48'26"N
Longitude: 80°31'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.807222222222,-80.520277777778

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.

Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Spinel	Titanite	Zippeite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Zippeite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Be C Ca Fe H K Na O S Si Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C Ca Fe H K Na O S Si Ti U Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Marcasite Mica None Pyrite
Quartz Spinel Titanite Zippeite Zircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1160	1154	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1160	1154	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1160	1154	27770
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1160	1154	566
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1160	1154	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1160	1154	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1160	1154	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1160	1154	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1160	1154	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1160	1154	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1160	1154	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1160	1154	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1160	1154	2718
Zippeite ()*	Zippeite	K₂[(UO₂)₄(SO₄)₂O₂(OH)₂](H₂O)₄	1160	1154	175
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1160	1154	5251

1 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
	Bradley_2012_021	1160	1154	1157±3	U/Pb						Yes				562	Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada	Parry Sound	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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