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Locality Name:
Blue Hill, Hancock Co., Maine, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 510
Youngest recorded age at locality: 510

mindat Locality ID: 29973
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29973.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blue Hill, Hancock Co., Maine, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Black Hawk Mine
Blue Hill Manganese Mine
Blue Hill Mine
Curtis Cove Beach
Douglass Mine
East Blue Hill
Long Island
Route 172 Road Cut
Route 176 Road Cut
Twin Lead Mine

Latitude: 44°20'0"N
Longitude: 68°30'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.333333333333,-68.5

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	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite
Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Wagnerite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Cuprite ()*	Datolite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dravite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gahnite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Wagnerite ()*	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 Au B Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe Ni O S Sb Si Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Arsenopyrite Beryl Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Copper Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Malachite Mica Molybdenite
Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline Wagnerite Zircon

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# 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	510	510	1	216986	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	216982,216985	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			2	216982,216984	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	216982	1588
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	216982,216984	718
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	510	510	3	216984,216986,216988	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	510	510	1	216986	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	216988	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	216984,216991	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁			1	216982	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	216982	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	510	510	0		27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	510	510	2	216984,216986	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	510	510	5	216982,216984,216986,216988,216991	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			2	216982,216988	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	510	510	1	216986	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			2	216982,216984	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			1	216982	1797
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	510	510	1	216986	2970
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)			1	216982	498
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	216982	4135
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			2	216982,216984	648
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	216988	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	216988	9617
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄			1	216982	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	510	510	3	216984,216986,216988	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	216985	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	216982	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	510	510	0		2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	216989	1544
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	510	510	2	216986,216991	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	510	510	1	216986	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	216985,216988	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	510	510	3	216985,216986,216988	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			1	216987	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	510	510	6	216982,216984,216985,216986,216988,216991	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	510	510	0		1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	510	510	4	216982,216984,216986,216991	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	510	510	2	216986,216991	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	510	510	7	216982,216984,216985,216986,216988,216989,216991	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			2	216982,216983	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	216982	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	216988	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	216982	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	216982	2473
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	216983	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	510	510	2	216982,216986	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	216982	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	510	510	0		5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	216982	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	510	510	1	216986	2562
Wagnerite ()*	Wagnerite	Mg₂(PO₄)F			1	216982	61
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	510	510	0		5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-01057	510	510	Ordovician to Precambrian										S	105659	Douglass Mine, Blue Hill, Hancock Co., Maine, USA	Douglas	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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