Some of the crystals are geniculate twins. Zircon is a common accessory mineral found in tiny crystals in many rocks in the county. 1 T37N R20 E and in the NE sec. Tiny brownish-purple zircon crystals are found with feldspars, actinolite, chlorite and biotite in a metarhyolite within the Quinnesec Formation in an outcrop on the south side of a town road in the center of sec. Zircon is an accessory in the granitic gneisses in the Linwood Quarry, NW SE sec.
Zircons are common as tiny grains scattered through the rocks of the Wolf River Batholith.
Some typical localities are at the quarry in the NW NW sec. 4 T22N R12E north of Waupaca and in the SE SE sec.