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Locality Name:
Estes Quarry, West Baldwin, Baldwin, Cumberland Co., Maine, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 265
Youngest recorded age at locality: 263

mindat Locality ID: 6164
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6164.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Estes Quarry, West Baldwin, Baldwin, Cumberland 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
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba Be C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sr U Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Ba Be C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sr U Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousApatiteAragoniteArseniosideriteArsenopyriteAutuniteBerauniteBerylBerylloniteCalcioferrite
CalciteChalcopyriteChildreniteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteEpidoteFairfielditeFeldsparFluorite
GadoliniteGarnetLöllingiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePhosphosiderite
PyriteQuartzRockbridgeiteRocksaltRoscheriteSphaleriteSpinelStrunziteTourmalineVivianite
WurtziteZircon

57 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)
Beraunite  (*)Beryl  (*)Beryllonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Childrenite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Diadochite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Elbaite  (*)
Eosphorite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fairfieldite  (*)Falsterite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Greifensteinite  (*)
Heterosite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Hydroxylherderite  (*)Lithiophilite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montebrasite  (*)Moraesite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Purpurite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Schoonerite  (*)
Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strunzite  (*)Switzerite  (*)
Todorokite  (*)Triphylite  (*)Uralolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Väyrynenite  (*)
Vivianite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)26526308803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)326526302353
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)26526303250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS26526309052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O26526301272
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O2652630136
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1826526304286
Beryllonite  (*)BerylloniteNaBe(PO4)265263047
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)265263027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2265263027198
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O265263093
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O62652630518
Diadochite  (*)AmorphousFe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O265263081
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)226526309895
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2652630520
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O2652630128
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)26526308173
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O265263072
Falsterite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2MgMn2+2Fe2+2Fe3+2Zn4(PO4)8(OH)4(H2O)1426526302
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F26526302740
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O42652630445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS265263024243
Graphite  (*)NoneC26526302812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS2652630717
Greifensteinite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Be4Fe2+5(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O265263027
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)2652630204
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH2652630367
Hydroxylherderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)(OH)2652630119
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)2652630155
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs22652630762
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)26526304924
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O2652630129
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS226526305800
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)2652630200
Moraesite  (*)NoneBe2(PO4)(OH)·4H2O265263035
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2265263017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O26526302994
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O2652630182
Purpurite  (*)OlivineMn3+(PO4)265263080
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2265263039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S826526309056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2265263061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)26526301711
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)52652630206
Schoonerite  (*)CalcioferriteZnMn2+Fe2+2Fe3+(PO4)3(OH)2(H2O)7·2H2O265263013
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)26526302705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)26526306417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS265263021482
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O265263098
Switzerite  (*)NoneMn2+3(PO4)2·7H2O265263021
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O2652630433
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)2652630313
Uralolite  (*)NoneCa2Be4(PO4)3(OH)3·5H2O26526308
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO226526302718
Väyrynenite  (*)NoneBeMn2+(PO4)(OH)265263015
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O2652630636
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)26526305251


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_092265263264±1U/Pb zircon  YesZircon  237377Sebago, Cumberland Co., Maine, USAMt. Mica (Irish Pit)McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

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