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


mindat Locality ID: 6619
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6619.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Waterford, Oxford Co., Maine, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Bean Mountain Mica Quarry
Beech Hill Mica Quarry
Blackguard Mica Quarry
Burnell Hill Prospects
Five Ponds Prospect
Fullerton Farm Locality
Knight #1 And #2 Quarries
Oliver Stone Amethyst Locality
Oliver Stone Farm Amethyst Locality
Saunders Mica Quarry
South Waterford Mica Prospect (Bear Mountain Prospect)
Thunder Mountain Prospect
Unnamed Uranium Prospect
Willis True Quarry

Latitude: 44°11'37"N
Longitude: 70°44'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.193611111111,-70.745277777778
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Na Nb O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca F Fe O P 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteFeldsparGarnetMicaNickeline
NoneQuartzSpinelTourmaline

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Annite  (*)Beryl  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)8217552,217553,217554,217557,217560,217561,217562,2175648803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)37217551,217552,217553,217554,217557,217560,2175642353
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)24217552,217554,217557,217560356
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O182217557,2175604286
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2121756027198
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O62217557,217560518
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4121756014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12217551,217552,217553,217554,217555,217556,217557,217560,217561,217562,217563,2175644924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212217551,217552,217553,217554,217555,217556,217557,217560,217561,217562,217563,21756417380
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812175609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213217551,217552,217553,217554,217555,217556,217557,217559,217560,217561,217562,217563,21756461156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12175602705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417


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