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:
Pegmatite No. 3, Buck Claim, Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2647
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2110

mindat Locality ID: 306975
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-306975.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pegmatite No. 3, Buck Claim, Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Analcime	Beryl	Clay	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Olivine	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite

Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Holmquistite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Microcline ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pollucite ()*
Quartz ()*	Spodumene ()*	Triphylite ()*

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 Ca Cs F Fe H K Li Mg Na O P Si Sn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca Cs F Fe H K Li Mg Na O P Si Sn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Beryl Clay Feldspar Kaolinite Mica None Olivine Pyroxene
Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2647	2110	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	2647	2110	244
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2647	2110	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2647	2110	5171
Holmquistite ()*	Amphibole	Li₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2647	2110	42
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2647	2110	5591
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2647	2110	4924
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2647	2110	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2647	2110	17380
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	2647	2110	140
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2647	2110	61156
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2647	2110	688
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	2647	2110	313

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
	Kristen002494	2647	2633	2640±7				tantalo-niobates			Yes				25914	Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, Canada	Bernic Lake	Tkachev (2011)	10, 1144/SP350,2	GSLSP350_7
	Scott-GCA51_1101-0002	2630	2110	2630-2110	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion		k-feldspar	1		Yes				505	Tanco Mine (Bernic Lake Mine), Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, Canada	Tanco	Clark and Černý (1987)	10.1016/0016-7037(87)90112-8	GCA51_1101	Table 1

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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