Magmatic vs. hydrothermal origins for zircon associated with Tantalum mineralization in the Tanco pegmatite, Manitoba, Canada

American Mineralogist

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 439-450

  Van Lichtervelde, Marieke ^a,b   Melcher, Frank ^a   Wirth, Richard ^c  

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

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal alteration; Pegmatite; Tanco; Tantalum mineralization; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CLAY ALTERATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GRANITE; HAFNIUM OXIDES; LEAD ALLOYS; LEAD METALLOGRAPHY; MINERALOGY; TANTALUM METALLOGRAPHY; TANTALUM MINES; TANTALUM OXIDES; TERNARY ALLOYS; TEXTURES; THORIUM ALLOYS; THORIUM METALLOGRAPHY; URANIUM ALLOYS; URANIUM METALLOGRAPHY; ZIRCON; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

COUPLED SUBSTITUTION; DISSOLUTION-REPRECIPITATION; HIGH-RESOLUTION TEM; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; MANITOBA , CANADA; PEGMATITE; TANCO;

SILICATE MINERALS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MINERALIZATION; OXIDE; PEGMATITE; PETROGENESIS; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TANTALUM; ZIRCON;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67650436308     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2009.2952     Document Type: Article

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