Trace element geochemistry by laser ablation ICP-MS of micas associated with Ta mineralization in the Tanco pegmatite, Manitoba, Canada

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 155, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 791-806

  Lichtervelde, Marieke ^a   Grégoire, Michel ^b   Linnen, Robert L ^c   Béziat, Didier ^b   Salvi, Stefano ^b  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Micas; Ore deposit; Tanco pegmatite; Tantalum; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LASER METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICA; MINERALIZATION; MUSCOVITE; ORE DEPOSIT; PEGMATITE; PETROGENESIS; TANTALUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA;

MICAS;

EID: 42349087507     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-007-0271-z     Document Type: Article

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