The role of metagabbro rafts on tantalum mineralization in the Tanco granitic pegmatite, Manitoba

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 625-644

  Van Lichtervelde, Marieke ^a   Linnen, Robert L ^b   Salvi, Stefano ^a   Beziat, Didier ^a  

^a Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Columbite group minerals; Contamination; Granitic pegmatite; Manitoba; Metagabbro rafts; Tanco; Tantalum mineralization

Indexed keywords

COLUMBITE-GROUP MINERALS; GRANITIC PEGMATITE; METAGABBRO RAFTS; TANTALUM MINERALIZATION;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPOSITION; CONTAMINATION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; FRACTIONATION; GRANITE; SOLUBILITY; TANTALUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

MINERALOGY;

CRYSTALLIZATION; GABBRO; MINERALIZATION; PEGMATITE; TANTALUM;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33748446614     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.44.3.625     Document Type: Article

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