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Locality Name:
Dolsan Prospect (Barrett Prospect), Pembroke, Washington Co., Maine, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 430
Youngest recorded age at locality: 430

mindat Locality ID: 30641
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30641.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dolsan Prospect (Barrett Prospect), Pembroke, Washington Co., Maine, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)43043003250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)64304300919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)243043005509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)430430011547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2430430027198
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O43043002970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS430430024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O43043006890
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2430430012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2430430039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2430430061156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)43043002473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS430430021482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO43043001101



1 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
vms-01054430430Silurian       S30641Dolsan Prospect (Barrett Prospect), Pembroke, Washington Co., Maine, USABarrettMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 


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