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Zircon from
Mäkärä, Sodankylä, Lapland, Finland


Locality type:Area
Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mäkärä, Sodankylä, Lapland, Finland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:850180
Long-form Identifier:1:3:850180:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Zircon in this Region
Quartz-hematite vein, Mäkärä, Sodankylä, Lapland, Finland
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon
18.3km (11.4 miles) ⓘOiva dyke, Laanila, Inari, Lapland, Finland
73.9km (45.9 miles) ⓘSuhuvaara, Inari, Lapland, Finland
75.8km (47.1 miles) ⓘKittilä gold mine (Suurikuusikko mine; Rouravaara; Korkeakuusikko; Vuomajärvi), Kittilä, Lapland, Finland
85.7km (53.3 miles) ⓘSakattilampi (Sakatti deposit), Viiankiaapa mire area, Sodankylä, Lapland, Finland
95.9km (59.6 miles) ⓘIkkari deposit, Sodankylä, Lapland, Finland
References
Al-Ani Thair 2012. Detailed SEM study on REE-bearing minerals of paragneisses Mäkärä and Vaulo, Northern Finland. Geologian Tutkimuslaitos arkistoraportti 73/2011.
Thair Al-Ani! and Olli Sarapää (2013) REE-Rich Accessory Minerals in Carbonatitic, Alkaline, Appinitic and Metasomatichydrothermal Rocks, Central and Northern Finland. Geologian tutkimuskeskus, Tutkimusraportti 198 – Geological Survey of Finland, Report of Investigation 198, Pentti Hölttä (ed.) pp 17-21
 
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