Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Black Mountain Quarry (Black Mountain Pegmatite), Rumford, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3775
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3775.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Mountain Quarry (Black Mountain Pegmatite), Rumford, Oxford Co., Maine, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°35'7"N
Longitude: 70°38'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.585277777778,-70.646388888889

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Analcime	Apatite	Arrojadite	Arseniosiderite	Autunite	Beryl	Beryllonite	Calcite
Childrenite	Chlorite	Clay	Columbite	Danburite	Fairfieldite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet
Meta-autunite	Mica	None	Olivine	Phosphuranylite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rockbridgeite	Roscherite
Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Strunzite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Vivianite	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 B Ba Be C Ca Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sn Sr Ta Ti U Zn Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Analcime Apatite Arrojadite Arseniosiderite Autunite Beryl Beryllonite Calcite
Childrenite Chlorite Clay Columbite Danburite Fairfieldite Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet
Meta-autunite Mica None Olivine Phosphuranylite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rockbridgeite Roscherite
Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Strunzite Titanite Tourmaline Vivianite Zircon

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Autunite ()*	Beryl ()*
Beryllonite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Cookeite ()*
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) ()*	Dravite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Eosphorite ()*	Fairfieldite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Goyazite ()*	Greifensteinite ()*	Heterosite ()*	Hurlbutite ()*
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Hydroxylherderite ()*	Kosnarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*
Metatorbernite ()*	Microcline ()*	Mitridatite ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*	Phosphuranylite ()*	Pollucite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rockbridgeite ()*	Roscherite ()*
Rossmanite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*
Strunzite ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Todorokite ()*	Torbernite ()*
Triphylite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wodginite ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	244
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1272
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Beryllonite ()*	Beryllonite	NaBe(PO₄)	47
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	518
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	289
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	181
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) ()*	Arrojadite	K(NaMn)CaNa₃AlMn₁₃(PO₄)₁₂(OH)₂	26
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	648
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	520
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	128
Fairfieldite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Mn²⁺(PO₄)₂·2H₂O	72
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	173
Greifensteinite ()*	Roscherite	Ca₂Be₄Fe²⁺₅(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·6H₂O	27
Heterosite ()*	Olivine	Fe³⁺(PO₄)	204
Hurlbutite ()*	Danburite	CaBe₂(PO₄)₂	14
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	367
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)	119
Kosnarite ()*	None	KZr₂(PO₄)₃	7
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	388
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	443
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Mitridatite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O	129
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	200
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Phosphuranylite ()*	Phosphuranylite	KCa(H₃O)₃(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₄·8H₂O	182
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅	206
Roscherite ()*	Roscherite	Ca₂Mn²⁺₅Be₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·6H₂O	22
Rossmanite ()*	Tourmaline	(Al₂Li)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	37
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	688
Strunzite ()*	Strunzite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O	98
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	211
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	433
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1059
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	313
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	890
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	636
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	78
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070308	Black Mountain Quarry (Black Mountain Pegmatite), Rumford, Oxford Co., Maine, USA	https://rruff.info/R070308

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