Monazite, xenotime and REE minerals in Archean banded iron-formation from the Sherman and Adams mines, Ontario, Canada

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 749-763

  Bowins, Robert J ^a   Crocket, James H ^b  

^a McMaster University ^*  (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adams mine; Banded iron formation; Kirkland lake; Monazite; Ontario; Rare earth phosphates; Sherman mine; Temagami; Xenotime

Indexed keywords

ADAMS MINE; BANDED IRON-FORMATION; KIRKLAND LAKE; ONTARIO; RARE-EARTH PHOSPHATES; SHERMAN MINE; TEMAGAMI; XENOTIME;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; EUROPIUM; IGNEOUS ROCKS; IRON; IRON MINES; LAKES; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MONAZITE; OXIDE MINERALS; SEAWATER;

PHOSPHATE MINERALS;

ARCHEAN; BANDED IRON FORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; FLUID COMPOSITION; FLUID INCLUSION; HOST ROCK; METAMORPHIC ROCK; MONAZITE; PHOSPHATE; POREWATER; SOURCE ROCK; THORIUM; URANIUM; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; WATER COLUMN; XENOTIME;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TEMAGAMI;

EID: 80052434536     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.49.3.749     Document Type: Article

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