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Zircon from
Tanco Mine, Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet area, Manitoba, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Habit:pyramidal, fine-grained aggregates
Colour:pink, brown
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tanco Mine, Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet area, Manitoba, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:987513
Long-form Identifier:1:3:987513:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon
6.2km (3.8 miles) ⓘShatford Lake pegmatites, Shatford Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet area, Manitoba, Canada
10.9km (6.8 miles) ⓘHuron Claim pegmatite, Cat Lake - Winnipeg River pegmatite field, Lac-du-Bonnet area, Manitoba, Canada
11.2km (7.0 miles) ⓘSilver Leaf pegmatites, Greer Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet area, Manitoba, Canada
11.5km (7.1 miles) ⓘAnnie Claim #3 pegmatite, Greer Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet area, Manitoba, Canada
65.3km (40.6 miles) ⓘBig Whopper pegmatite, Paterson Lake Area, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada
73.7km (45.8 miles) ⓘSeparation Rapids Lithium Project (Separation Lake area), Kenora District, Ontario, Canada
References
153-155.
Černý, P., Siivola, J. (1980) The Tanco pegmatite at Bernic Lake, Manitoba XII. Hafnian zircon. The Canadian Mineralogist, 18 (3) 313-321
Bannatyne, B.B. (1985) Industrial Minerals in Rare-element Pegmatites of Manitoba. Economic Geology Report ER84-1, Manitoba Energy and Mines Geological Services.
Grice, Joel D. (1989) Bernic Lake, Manitoba: Mining for Space-age Elements. In Famous Mineral Localities of Canada. Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited & the National Museum of Natural Sciences. p.64-67.
Van Lichtervelde, M., Melcher, F., Wirth, R. (2009) Magmatic vs. hydrothermal origins for zircon associated with tantalum mineralization in the Tanco pegmatite, Manitoba, Canada. American Mineralogist, 94 (4) 439-450 doi:10.2138/am.2009.2952
 
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