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Locality Name:
Lovell, Oxford Co., Maine, USA


mindat Locality ID: 23773
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23773.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lovell, Oxford Co., Maine, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Alton Maxim Prospect
Anderson Quarry
Atwood Kimball Quarry
Beryllium Corporation Prospect
Burnell Hill Quarry
Flat Hill Locality
Foster Hill Prospect
Henry Fox Feldspar Prospect
Kenniston Hill Prospect
Kezar River Falls Gorge
Ladies Delight Hill Amethyst Locality
Orman McAllister Quarry
Pine Hill Chrysoberyl Locality
Sabbatus Mountain Prospects
Skillings Hill Prospect
Slab City Prospect
Walter Cook Prospect

Latitude: 44°11'27"N
Longitude: 70°50'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.190833333333,-70.846388888889
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 B Be Bi Ca F Fe H K Na O P S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAutuniteBerylClayDumortieriteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMeta-autuniteMica
NoneOlivineQuartzStibnite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Autunite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Chrysoberyl  (*)Dumortierite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2217354,2173628803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312173622353
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O12173621272
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O186217351,217354,217356,217357,217364,2173664286
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S312173641935
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O42217363,217364321
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O181217365231
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12173622740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22217354,2173579617
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O1217362388
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)13217351,217352,217353,217354,217355,217356,217357,217358,217359,217362,217363,217364,2173654924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213217351,217352,217353,217354,217355,217356,217357,217358,217359,217362,217363,217364,21736517380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216217351,217352,217353,217354,217355,217356,217357,217358,217359,217360,217361,217362,217363,217364,217365,21736661156
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1217362890


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