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Locality Name:
Nevel Quarry (Twin Tunnels; United Feldspar Quarry), Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 295
Youngest recorded age at locality: 293

mindat Locality ID: 5940
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5940.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nevel Quarry (Twin Tunnels; United Feldspar Quarry), Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°32'42"N
Longitude: 70°43'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.545,-70.722222222222
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 Be Bi C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn U Zn Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteArseniosideriteArsenopyriteAutuniteBerylCalcioferriteCalciteCeriteChildrenite
ChloriteClayColumbiteCoronaditeCorundumDiasporeFairfielditeFeldsparFluoriteGadolinite
GarnetLaueiteLazuliteMeta-autuniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyritePyroxene
QuartzRockbridgeiteRocksaltRoscheriteRutileSchoepiteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteStibniteStrunzite
TourmalineVivianiteWarditeZircon

53 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Annite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Autunite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Cookeite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Dravite  (*)
Elbaite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)Fairfieldite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Gainesite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Greifensteinite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Heterosite  (*)Hydroxylherderite  (*)Laueite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Montebrasite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Uranophane-β  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Schoepite  (*)
Schoonerite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorzalite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spodumene  (*)Strunzite  (*)Triphylite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Wardite  (*)Whitlockite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)229529303419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)29529308803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)329529302353
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)22952930356
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS29529309052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O29529301272
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)22932930606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1829329304286
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S329529301935
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO229529305171
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)829529301756
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O62952930518
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)82952930181
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O162952930599
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2952930648
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2952930520
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O2952930128
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O295293072
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F29529302740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF229529309617
Gainesite  (*)NoneNa2(Be,Li)Zr2(PO4)4·1.5H2O29329301
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS295293024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)29529307437
Greifensteinite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Be4Fe2+5(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O293293027
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3295293014640
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)2952930204
Hydroxylherderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)(OH)2932930119
Laueite  (*)LaueiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O295293070
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)22952930238
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O2952930388
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)29529304924
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O2952930129
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)2952930200
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O29529301508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2295293017380
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O2952930144
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2295293039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2295293061156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)52952930206
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)6295293094
Schoonerite  (*)CalcioferriteZnMn2+Fe2+2Fe3+(PO4)3(OH)2(H2O)7·2H2O295293013
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)29529302705
Scorzalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2295293060
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)29529306417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS295293021482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O62952930688
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O295293098
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)2952930313
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO229529302718
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O2952930636
Wardite  (*)WarditeNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O295293058
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)62952930104
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)29529305251


2 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
Be-00026293293293  high    GainesiteBe5940Nevel Quarry (Twin Tunnels; United Feldspar Quarry), Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA Wise and Brown (2010)10.3190/jgeosci.061JG55_3 
Grew_Li_2019_0040295295295      Gainesite 5940Nevel Quarry (Twin Tunnels; United Feldspar Quarry), Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USANevel quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, U.S.A.Bradley et al. (2016)10.3749/canmin.1600035CM54_945 

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