Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tanco Mine (Bernic Lake Mine), Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 505
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-505.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tanco Mine (Bernic Lake Mine), Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°25'59"N
Longitude: 95°26'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.433055555556,-95.449722222222

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.

Allargentum	Alluaudite	Alunite	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl
Bournonite	Calcite	Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite
Fairfieldite	Feldspar	Graftonite	Kobellite	Lillianite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Overite	Perovskite	Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Tapiolite	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline	Wurtzite
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: Ag Al As B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Cs Cu F Fe H Hf K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Th Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Cs Cu F Fe H Hf K Li Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Th Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allargentum Alluaudite Alunite Amphibole Analcime Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl
Bournonite Calcite Cerite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Columbite Copper Corundum Cubanite
Fairfieldite Feldspar Graftonite Kobellite Lillianite Marcasite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Olivine Overite Perovskite Phenakite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Tapiolite Tetrahedrite Tourmaline Wurtzite
Zircon

87 IMA Minerals at location:

Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Alluaudite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Analcime ()*
Annite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beryl ()*	Beusite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Černýite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cookeite ()*
Cosalite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Dorfmanite ()*	Dravite ()*
Dyscrasite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Ercitite ()*	Eucryptite ()*	Fairfieldite ()*
Feruvite ()*	Fluor-elbaite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Foitite ()*	Freibergite ()*
Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*	Gladite ()*	Groatite ()*	Gustavite ()*
Hafnon ()*	Hawleyite ()*	Holmquistite ()*	Hydroxykenomicrolite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Ixiolite ()*	Kësterite ()*	Lead ()*	Lithiophilite ()*	Lithiophosphate ()*
Lithiowodginite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montebrasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Overite ()*	Pekoite ()*
Petalite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rossmanite ()*	Schorl ()*	Simpsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Stannite ()*	Stibarsen ()*	Tancoite ()*
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanowodginite ()*
Triphylite ()*	Whitlockite ()*	Wickmanite ()*	Wodginite ()*	Wopmayite ()*
Zabuyelite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	2644	2110	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2644	2110	8803
Alluaudite ()*	Alluaudite	NaMnFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₃	2644	2110	94
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	2644	2110	244
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2644	2110	1627
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2644	2110	356
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	2644	2110	363
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	2644	2110	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2644	2110	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2644	2110	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2644	2110	4286
Beusite ()*	Graftonite	Mn²⁺Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)₂	2644	2110	39
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2644	2110	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2644	2110	1935
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	2644	2110	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2644	2110	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2644	2110	5171
Černýite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂CdSnS₄	2644	2110	8
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2644	2110	27198
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	2644	2110	181
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	2644	2110	344
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	2644	2110	310
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	2644	2110	802
Dorfmanite ()*	None	Na₂(PO₃OH)·2H₂O	2644	2110	11
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2644	2110	648
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	2644	2110	180
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2644	2110	520
Ercitite ()*	None	NaMn³⁺(PO₄)(OH)·2H₂O	2644	2110	1
Eucryptite ()*	Phenakite	LiAlSiO₄	2644	2110	29
Fairfieldite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Mn²⁺(PO₄)₂·2H₂O	2644	2110	72
Feruvite ()*	Tourmaline	CaFe²⁺₃(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2644	2110	15
Fluor-elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Li_1.5Al_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	2644	2110	31
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2644	2110	2740
Foitite ()*	Tourmaline	(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2644	2110	75
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	2644	2110	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2644	2110	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	2644	2110	192
Gladite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBi₅S₉	2644	2110	67
Groatite ()*	Alluaudite	NaCaMn₂(PO₄)(HPO₄)₂	2644	2110	1
Gustavite ()*	Lillianite	AgPbBi₃S₆	2644	2110	113
Hafnon ()*	Zircon	Hf(SiO₄)	2644	2110	11
Hawleyite ()*	Sphalerite	CdS	2644	2110	62
Holmquistite ()*	Amphibole	Li₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2644	2110	42
Hydroxykenomicrolite ()*	Pyrochlore	( ,Na,Sb³⁺)₂Ta₂O₆(OH)	2644	2110	6
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2644	2110	5433
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂	2644	2110	148
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄	2644	2110	82
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	2644	2110	192
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	2644	2110	155
Lithiophosphate ()*	None	Li₃(PO₄)	2644	2110	7
Lithiowodginite ()*	None	LiTa₃O₈	2640	2640	5
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2644	2110	5674
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	2644	2110	300
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2644	2110	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2644	2110	5800
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	2644	2110	200
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2644	2110	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2644	2110	17380
Overite ()*	Overite	CaMgAl(PO₄)₂(OH)·4H₂O	2644	2110	5
Pekoite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBi₁₁S₁₈	2644	2110	39
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	2644	2110	124
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	2644	2110	140
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	2644	2110	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2644	2110	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2644	2110	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2644	2110	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2644	2110	1711
Rossmanite ()*	Tourmaline	(Al₂Li)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2644	2110	37
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2644	2110	2705
Simpsonite ()*	None	Al₄Ta₃O₁₃(OH)	2644	2110	16
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2644	2110	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2644	2110	688
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	2644	2110	668
Stibarsen ()*	Arsenic	SbAs	2644	2110	48
Tancoite ()*	None	LiNa₂Al(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)	2640	2640	1
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	2644	2110	211
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	2644	2110	88
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2644	2110	5317
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	2644	2110	1006
Titanowodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺TiTa₂O₈	2644	2110	7
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	2644	2110	313
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆	2644	2110	104
Wickmanite ()*	Perovskite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺(OH)₆	2644	2110	24
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	2644	2110	78
Wopmayite ()*	Cerite	Ca₆Na₃ Mn(PO₄)₃(PO₃OH)₄	2644	2110	1
Zabuyelite ()*	None	Li₂(CO₃)	2644	2110	11
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2644	2110	5251

5 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
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
Bradley_2012_034	2644	2638	2641±3	U/Pb		columbite, tantalite				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
Grew_Li_2019_0059	2640	2640	2640						Lithiowodginite	505	Tanco Mine (Bernic Lake Mine), Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, Canada	Tanco pegmatite, Bird River Greenstone Belt, Manitoba, Canada	Camacho et al. (2012)	10.3749/canmin.50.6.1775	CM50_1775
Grew_Li_2019_0106	2640	2640	2640						Tancoite	505	Tanco Mine (Bernic Lake Mine), Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, Canada	Tanco pegmatite, Bird River Greenstone Belt, Manitoba, Canada	Camacho et al. (2012)	10.3749/canmin.50.6.1775	CM50_1775
Scott-GCA51_1101-0002	2630	2110	2630-2110	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	k-feldspar	1			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
FKM-217	Tanco Mine (Bernic Lake Mine), Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, Canada	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-201-to-fkm-225/#FKM-217
R070702	Tanco Mine (Bernic Lake Mine), Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, Canada	https://rruff.info/R070702
R061033	Tanco Mine (Bernic Lake Mine), Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, Canada	https://rruff.info/R061033
R130047	Tanco Mine (Bernic Lake Mine), Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, Canada	https://rruff.info/R130047

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