Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Minot, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA

mindat Locality ID: 6499
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6499.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Minot, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Austin McHugh Quarry
Bell Quarry (Giddings Quarry)
Conroy Quarry
Construction Site
LaFlamme Quarry
Minot #2 Prospect
Minot Prospect
Phillips Quarry
Pitts-Tenney Pegmatite Prospect
Pitts-Tenney Quarry
Stinchfield Quarry
Sturtevant Quarry

Latitude: 44°7'48"N
Longitude: 70°18'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.13,-70.307222222222

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Beryl	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Meta-autunite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Olivine	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Scapolite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*
Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Diopside ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Grossular ()*	Meionite ()*
Meta-autunite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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 F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O P S Si Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Autunite Beryl Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Meta-autunite Mica Molybdenite None Olivine Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Scapolite Titanite Tourmaline Vesuvianite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	216566	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	7	216558,216559,216560,216562,216563,216564,216565	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	5	216559,216560,216561,216564,216565	2353
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	216561,216568	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	216564	1272
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	5	216560,216562,216563,216564,216565	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	216561,216566	27770
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	2	216557,216559	321
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	216566	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	216566	1025
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	2	216562,216565	518
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	216561,216566	4135
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	216561	2740
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	216561,216566	1544
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	1	216566	176
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	216564	388
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	8	216557,216558,216559,216560,216562,216565,216567,216568	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	216566	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	10	216557,216558,216559,216560,216562,216563,216564,216565,216567,216568	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	216562	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	11	216557,216558,216559,216560,216562,216563,216564,216565,216566,216567,216568	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	7	216558,216560,216562,216563,216564,216565,216568	2705
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	216566	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	216568	2718
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	2	216561,216566	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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