Manitoba
Plant

Bernic Lake Lithium Operation

Manitoba, Canada
LithiumBerylliumCesium
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Commodities
PrimaryLithium
TertiaryBeryllium, Cesium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsMica, Microlite, Quartz, Tantalite
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1969
Discovery year1928
Identification
Deposit ID10181456
Alternate namesBernic Lake Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates50.4286, -95.45283
References
GARLICK, RICHARD, MANITOBA'S 'NEW' METALS, CANADIAN MININGJOURNAL, NOV., 1969, P.STIPP, HENRY E., TRIP REPORT: TANTALUM MINING CORPORATION OFCANADA LTD., (TANCO) BERNIC LAKE, MANITOBA, CANADA;MAY 3, 1977, 5P.NORTHERN MINER, TANCO ENJOYING RECORD YEAR; NOV. 29, 1979,P. D27.CROUSE, R.A., P. CERNY, D.L. TRUEMAN AND R.O. BURT, THETANCO PEGMATITE, SOUTHEASTERN MANITOBA; CIM BULL.,FEB., 1979, P.142-151.HOWE, A.C.A. AND J.C. ROUNDTREE, GEOLOGY AND ECONOMICSIGNIFICANCE OF THE BERNIC LAKE PEGMATITE; CIM BULL.,FEB., 1967, P.207-212.HOWE, A.C.A., EXOTIC MINERALS AT BERNIC LAKE, MANITOBA;CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, APR., 1972, P. 69,70.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, NORTH AMERICA'S FIRSTTANTALITE MILL NOW ON STREAM AT BERNIC LAKE, SEPT., 1969,P. 282.BURT, R.O., TANTALUM MININ CORPORATION'S GRAVITYCONCENTRATOR-RECENT DEVELOPMENTS; CIM BULL., SEPT., 1979,P.103-108.WILLIAMS, C.T., J.C. HAYWARD, J. AMBLER AND G.A. KARKLIN,TANTALUM MINING CORPORATION OF CANADA LIMITED- BERNICLAKE CONCENTRATOR; D.E. PICKETT, ED., IN MILLING PRACTICEIN CANADA, CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 16, 1978, P.333-336."TANTALUM MINING CORPORATION OF CANADA LIMIT(BERNIC LAKE)".RECORD HAS THE SAME REFERENCE AS ABOVE.CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK-1990-91, PAGE 420.RECORED HAS THE SAME REFERENCE AS ABOVE.SEE REFERENCE LISTED BELOW FOR MORE RESERVE DETAILS.R.A. CROUSE, P. CERNY, D.L. TRUEMAN, R.O. BURT, "THE TANCOPEGMATITE, SOUTHEASTERN MANITOBA", CIM BULLETIN,INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, FEBUARY, 1979, PAGES 142-151.