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Manitoba, Canada

Manitoba is underlain by Precambrian rocks except for some sedimentary rocks around Hudson's Bay and the Williston Basin in the SW corner of the province. The northern portion is in the Superior province of the Canadian Shield while the southern is known as the Churchill province. The greenstone belts that lie between the provinces (Thompson Nickle belt, Orr Lake, Split Lake and Fox Lake) are usually included in the Churchill province.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Acanthite
Actinolite
Aegirine
Aegirine-augite
Aikinite
Albite
var: Cleavelandite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Alluaudite
Almandine
Altaite
'Amber'
Amblygonite
Amesite
Amphibole Supergroup
Analcime
var: Cesian Analcime
'Analcime-Pollucite Series'
Andalusite
Andradite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Annite
Anorthite
var: Bytownite
var: Labradorite
Anthophyllite
Antimony
var: Bismuthian Antimony

'Apatite'
Argentopentlandite
Argentotennantite
Arsenic
Arsenopyrite
Azurite
Baryte
Beryl
var: Goshenite
var: Heliodor
var: Morganite
Beryllonite
Beusite
'Biotite'
Bismuth
var: Antimonian Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bobfergusonite (TL)
Borovskite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Breithauptite
Britholite-(Ce)
Brochantite
'Brugnatellite'
Calcite
Carnallite
Carnotite
Cassiterite
Celestine
Cerianite-(Ce)
Černýite (TL)
'Chabazite'
Chalcopyrite
Chamosite
'Chert'
Chlorapatite
'Chlorite Group'
Chromite
Chrysotile
Clausthalite
Clinochlore
Clinochrysotile
Clinozoisite
Cobaltite
Coffinite
'Collinsite-Fairfieldite Series'
Coloradoite
'Columbite'
Columbite-(Fe)
Columbite-(Mn)
Cookeite
Copper
Cordierite
Cosalite
Costibite
Crandallite
Cubanite
Cummingtonite
Devilline
Diomignite (TL)
Diopside
var: Chromian Diopside
Dolomite
Dorfmanite
Dravite
Dyscrasite
Eastonite
Elbaite
Enargite
Epidote
Ercitite (TL)
Eucryptite
Fairfieldite
'Feldspar Group'
Ferrisicklerite
Ferro-tschermakite
Ferrowodginite
Feruvite
Fillowite
Fluorapatite
var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite
Fluorcalciomicrolite
Fluor-elbaite
Fluorite
Foitite
Formanite-(Y)
Forsterite
Freibergite
Freieslebenite
Froodite
Gahnite
Galena
Galenobismutite
'Garnet'
Gedrite
Geocronite
'Geocronite-Jordanite Series'
Gersdorffite
Gladite
Glauberite
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Graphite
Greigite
Groatite (TL)
Grossular
Grunerite
Gudmundite
'Gummite'
Gustavite
Gypsum
var: Selenite
Hafnon
Halite
Hawleyite
Hematite
Hercynite
Hessite
Holmquistite
'Hornblende'
'Hydrogrossular'
Hydroxykenomicrolite
Hydroxylherderite
'Hypersthene'
Illite
Ilmenite
var: Manganoan Ilmenite
Irarsite
Ixiolite
Jarosite
Kaolinite
Kesterite
'K Feldspar'
'var: Adularia'
Kotulskite
Kyanite
Laurite
Lead
Lepidolite
'Leucoxene'
'Liddicoatite'
Lithiophilite
Lithiophosphate
Lizardite
Löllingite
Mackinawite
Magnesio-hornblende
Magnesite
Magnetite
Majakite
Malachite
Manitobaite (TL)
Marcasite
Maucherite
Melanterite
var: Cuprian Melanterite

Meneghinite
Merenskyite
Miargyrite
'Mica Group'
Michenerite
Microcline
Microlite Group
var: Cesstibtantite
Millerite
Minrecordite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Monazite-(Sm) (TL)
Montebrasite
Montmorillonite
Moschellandsbergite
Muscovite
var: Fuchsite
var: Lithian Muscovite
var: Sericite
Natrolite
Naumannite
Nickeline
'Olivine'
Opal
var: Wood Opal

Overite
Paragonite
Pekoite
Pentlandite
'Perthite'
Petalite
'Petrified Wood'
Petzite
Phlogopite
Pilsenite
Pollucite
Polybasite
Polylithionite
Posnjakite
Purpurite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
Pyrosmalite-(Fe)
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Agate
var: Dendritic Agate
var: Fortification Agate
var: Jasper
var: Milky Quartz
var: Moss Agate
var: Rose Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
'Retinite'
Rhodochrosite
Rossmanite
Rubicline
Rucklidgeite
Rutheniridosmine
Rutile
'Scapolite'
Scheelite
Schorl
Selenium
Seligmannite
Sepiolite
'Serpentine Group'
Siderite
Sillimanite
Silver
Simpsonite
Smythite
Sokolovaite
Sperrylite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spinel
var: Chromspinel
Spodumene
Stannite
Starkeyite
Staurolite
Stibarsen
var: Bismuthian Stibarsen
Stibiotantalite
Stilleite
Stilpnomelane
Sudburyite
Sylvanite
Sylvite
Talc
Tancoite (TL)
'Tantalite'
Tantalite-(Mn)
'Tapiolite'
Tapiolite-(Fe)
Tellurobismuthite
Temagamite
Tennantite
'Testibiopalladite'
Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite
Thorite
Titanite
Titanowodginite (TL)
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
'var: Rubellite'
Tremolite
Trilithionite
Triphylite
Triplite
Triploidite
Tschermakite
Ullmannite
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende
'Uranpyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977)'
Uvarovite
Violarite
Volynskite
Wagnerite
Weloganite
Westerveldite
Whitlockite
Wodginite (TL)
Wopmayite (TL)
Xenotime-(Y)
Xenotime-(Yb) (TL)
Yttrotantalite-(Y)
Zabuyelite
'Zinnwaldite'
Zircon
var: Hafnian Zircon


333 entries listed. 251 valid minerals. 12 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

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References

Bamburak, J.D. (1977). Important mineral properties of Manitoba, Manitoba Mines, Resources and Environmental Management; Mineral Resources Division, Open File Report 77-2, 37 p.
Phillips, K. A. (1978) Minerals of Manitoba: Vol 1 Nonmetallic and pegmatic. Manitoba Mineral Resources Division Educational Series 78/1.
Phillips, K. A. (1979) Minerals of Manitoba: Volume II: Metallic minerals. Manitoba Mineral Resources Division Educational Series 78/2.
Bamburak, J.D. (1990). Metallic mines and mineral deposits of Manitoba, Manitoba Energy and Mines, Open File Report 90-2, 105 p.
Richardson, D.J., Ostry, G., Weber, W., Fogwill, W.D. (1996) Gold deposits of Manitoba, Manitoba Energy and Mines, Economic Geology Report 86-1 (2nd Edition), 114 p.

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