Mine detail: Bernic Lake

Previously called 'TancoMontgary'

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Location: Manitoba, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 50.43333, -95.45033
dep_id: 10106784
mrds_id: ISM0479
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lithium, Cesium, Rubidium, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Tin
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Krauss, Ulrich H.
hrock_unit: Rice Lake Group;Rice Lake Group;Lac Du Bonnet Plutone
hrock_type: Diorite,Amphibolite,Conglomerate
Structure: Bird River Formation(Greenstone Belt)
tectonic: Canadian Shield
Year first produced: 1984
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1987
disc_yr: 1929
References:
  • Deposit:: CERNY,P.,TRUEMAN,D.L.ET AL.,1981:THE CAT LAKE-WINNIPEG RIVER AND THE WEKUSKO LAKE PEGMATITE FIELDS,MANITOBA.-MANITOBA DEPT.OF ENERGY & MINES,ECON.GEOL REPORT ER80-1 216 P.MAPS
  • Deposit:: MULLIGAN,R.,1965:GEOLOGY OF CANADIAN LITHIUM DEPOSITS.--GEOL.SURV.CANADA,ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPORT NO.21
  • Deposit:: CERNY.P.(EDITOR),1982:SHORT COURSE IN GRANITIC PEGMATITES IN SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.-MIN.ASSOC.OF CANADA,555P.
  • Deposit:: TURNOCK.A.C.(EDITOR),1971: GEOSCIENCE STUDIES IN MANITOBA.-GEOL.ASSOC.OF CANADA,SPEC.PAPER NO.9,DECEMBER 1971,352 P.
  • Deposit:: E.M.R.CANADA,1986:LITHIUM,AN IMPORTED COMMODITY.-EMR,MINERAL BULL.MR 212, 46P.
  • Deposit:: CROUSE,R.A.& CERNY,P.,1972:THE TANCO PEGMATITE AT BERNIC LAKE, MANITOBA; GEOLOGY AND PARAGENESIS.--CANADIAN MINERALOGIST.VOL.11,PP591-608
  • Deposit:: CERNY,P.,& FERGUSON,R.B.,1972: THE TANCO PEGMATITE AT BERNIC LAKE,MANITOBA; PETALITE AND SPODUMENE RELATIONS.--CANADIAN MINERALOGIST,VOL.11,PP 660-678
  • Deposit:: GAUPP,R.,MOELLER,P.& MORTEANI,G.,1984:TANTAL-PEGMATITE;GEOLOGISCHE UND GEOCHEMISCHE UNTERSUCHUNGEN.- MONOGRAPH SERIES ON MINERAL DEPOSITS NO.23 GEBRDER BORNTRAEGER, BERLIN,124P
  • Deposit:: LASMANI,R.,1978:LITHIUM RESOURCES IN THE YELLOWKNIFE AREA,NW TERRITORIES,CANADA.--IN:PENNER,S.S.(EDITOR):LITHIUM NEEDS AND RESOURCES.PERGAMON PRESS,1978
  • Deposit:: AUBERT,G.,1963: LE LITHIUM.---BULL.DU B.R.G.M.NO.2;P.27-93,PARIS,1963
  • Production:: INFO OBTD.DURING VISIT AT MINE SITE JUNE,9.87
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