Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Keith Quarry (Towne Quarry), West Mount Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA

mindat Locality ID: 6198
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6198.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Keith Quarry (Towne Quarry), West Mount Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Analcime	Apatite	Arrojadite	Autunite	Beryl	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Columbite	Fairfieldite
Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Löllingite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Quartz
Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Topaz	Tourmaline	Triplite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Annite ()*	Autunite ()*	Bertrandite ()*
Beryl ()*	Brazilianite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Cookeite ()*
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) ()*	Elbaite ()*	Fairfieldite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gahnite ()*
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Hydroxylherderite ()*	Lithiophilite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Microcline ()*
Montebrasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Topaz ()*
Triplite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Zircon ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As B Be C Ca Cs F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sn Ta U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Be C Ca Cs F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sn Ta U Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Arrojadite Autunite Beryl Calcite Chlorite Clay Columbite Fairfieldite
Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Löllingite Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Quartz
Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Topaz Tourmaline Triplite Zircon

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	356
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1272
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Brazilianite ()*	Not in a structural group	NaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	59
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	289
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	181
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) ()*	Arrojadite	K(NaMn)CaNa₃AlMn₁₃(PO₄)₁₂(OH)₂	26
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	520
Fairfieldite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Mn²⁺(PO₄)₂·2H₂O	72
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	445
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	367
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)	119
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	155
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	762
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	200
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	140
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	211
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1476
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	233
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	890
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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