Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Greer Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2652
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2500

mindat Locality ID: 251916
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-251916.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Greer Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, Canada": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Annie Claim #3 Pegmatite
Clare No. 1 Claim
Cleo Pegmatite
GL 1 Pegmatite
GL-3 Pegmatite
GL-7 Pegmatite
GL-8 Pegmatite
GL-9 Pegmatite
GL12 Pegmatite
GL12A Pegmatite
Grace Claim
Grace No. 2 Claim (Beryl Dike)
Greer Lake Feldspar Quarry
Greer Lake Pegmatitic Granite
Grey Deposit
Huron No. 1 (GL-11) Pegmatite
Rapid Pegmatite
Silver Leaf Pegmatite
Top-of-the-World Pegmatite
Whiteshell Park

Latitude: 50°20'33"N
Longitude: 95°19'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.3425,-95.333055555556

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.

Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile
Spinel	Stibnite	Tapiolite	Topaz	Vivianite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bityite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*
Cordierite ()*	Ferrowodginite ()*	Fersmite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Formanite-(Y) ()*	Gahnite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Ixiolite ()*
Lithiophilite ()*	Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Sm) ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Petalite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Spessartine ()*
Spodumene ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Thorite ()*	Topaz ()*
Uraninite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wodginite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Yttrotantalite-(Y) ()*
Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sm Sn Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile
Spinel Stibnite Tapiolite Topaz Vivianite Zircon

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2652	2500	13	30406,30408,30412,30413,30414,30415,30416,30417,30418,30421,30423,30424,30426	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	2652	2638	1	30423	244
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2652	2500	19	30406,30407,30408,30409,30410,30411,30412,30413,30414,30415,30416,30417,30419,30420,30421,30422,30423,30424,30426	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	30418	1935
Bityite ()*	Mica Clay	CaLiAl₂(Si₂BeAl)O₁₀(OH)₂	2500	2500	1	30426	31
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2652	2638	1	30423	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2652	2638	5	30406,30412,30413,30415,30423	5171
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2500	2500	1	30426	1025
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O			1	30406	566
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆			1	30406	289
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	30412	1008
Ferrowodginite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈			1	30406	16
Fersmite ()*	Columbite	CaNb₂O₆	2500	2500	1	30426	83
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2652	2638	1	30423	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2652	2638	1	30423	9617
Formanite-(Y) ()*	None	YTaO₄			1	30406	13
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	2652	2638	3	30413,30414,30423	445
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	30421	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	30412	5433
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂	2652	2500	10	30408,30410,30412,30413,30414,30416,30417,30419,30423,30426	148
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	2652	2638	1	30423	155
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2652	2500	9	30406,30412,30413,30414,30416,30417,30418,30423,30426	4924
Monazite-(Sm) ()*	Monazite	Sm(PO₄)			1	30406	4
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	2652	2638	1	30423	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2652	2500	15	30406,30408,30409,30410,30411,30412,30413,30414,30415,30416,30418,30421,30423,30424,30426	17380
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	2652	2638	1	30423	124
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			3	30408,30417,30421	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2652	2500	16	30406,30408,30409,30410,30411,30412,30413,30414,30415,30416,30417,30418,30421,30423,30424,30426	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2500	2500	5	30412,30413,30414,30416,30426	5614
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	30406	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2652	2638	1	30423	688
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	2652	2638	2	30406,30423	211
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆			1	30406	88
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	2500	2500	1	30426	1006
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	2652	2500	2	30423,30426	1476
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2500	2500	2	30406,30426	2718
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	2652	2638	1	30423	636
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈			1	30406	78
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			1	30406	939
Yttrotantalite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	(Y,U,Fe²⁺)(Ta,Nb)(O,OH)₄			1	30406	51
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2652	2638	2	30406,30423	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2500	2500	1	30426	1025

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Bradley_2012_034	2644	2638	2641±3	U/Pb		columbite, tantalite		Yes		505	Tanco Mine (Bernic Lake Mine), Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, Canada	Tanco & Silverleaf	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183
Jen_0000014	2549	2549	2549	Rb-Sr		lepidolite			Petalite, Pollucite	122997	Greer Lake Pegmatitic Granite, Greer Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, Canada	Greer Lake	Černý (1991)	10.1016/0301-9268(91)90111-M	PR51_429
Bradley_2012_033	2652	2638	2645±7	U/Pb		columbite, tantalite				243534	Silver Leaf Pegmatite, Greer Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, Canada	Silver Leaf	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183
Scott-GCA51_1101-0003	2500	2500	2500	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	k-feldspar	5			243527	Huron Pegmatite, Whiteshell Park, Greer Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, Canada	Huron Claim	Clark and Černý (1987)	10.1016/0016-7037(87)90112-8	GCA51_1101	Table 1

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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