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


mindat Locality ID: 22851
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22851.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stow, Oxford Co., Maine, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Colton Hill
Creeper Hill Prospect
Deer Hill
Farrington "Gold" Mine
Little Deer Hill Prospect
Pine Hill Locality
Shell Pond Brook Locality
Wiley Mountain

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 B Be Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBerylChloriteClayColumbiteCorundumDiasporeFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
KaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyriteQuartzScheeliteTourmaline

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Beryl  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chrysoberyl  (*)
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11217522,217523,217524,217525,217527,217528,217529,217531,217532,217533,2175358803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)34217523,217527,217528,2175292353
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O187217522,217527,217528,217529,217532,217533,2175354286
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)81217523577
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O41217532321
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O62217527,217529518
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2217528,2175292740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3217522,217523,2175297437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33217522,217523,21752914640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412175275591
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11217522,217523,217524,217525,217527,217528,217529,217531,217532,217533,2175354924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22217528,2175295800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211217522,217523,217524,217525,217527,217528,217529,217531,217532,217533,21753517380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24217527,217528,217529,21753139462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12175231725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211217522,217523,217524,217525,217527,217528,217529,217531,217532,217533,21753561156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2217528,2175292705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO501516
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO212175242718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1217524890
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO412175231655


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