Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
East Mount Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA

mindat Locality ID: 14452
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14452.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "East Mount Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Greenlaw Quarry
Hatch Farm Prospect
Littlefield Quarry
Maine Feldspar Quarry
Smith Quarry
Turner Quarries

Latitude: 44°5'12"N
Longitude: 70°17'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.086666666667,-70.292222222222

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Apatite	Arrojadite	Arseniosiderite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Beryl	Calcite	Childrenite
Chlorite	Clay	Columbite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Löllingite
Meta-autunite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Reddingite	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Strunzite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Triplite	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 As B Be C Ca Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Si Sn Ta U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Apatite Arrojadite Arseniosiderite Arsenopyrite Autunite Beryl Calcite Childrenite
Chlorite Clay Columbite Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Kaolinite Löllingite
Meta-autunite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Reddingite Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Strunzite Topaz Tourmaline Triplite Zircon

50 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Annite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*
Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*
Cookeite ()*	Diadochite ()*	Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) ()*	Elbaite ()*	Eosphorite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hydroxylherderite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Landesite ()*	Lithiophilite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Ludlamite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Meta-autunite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Microcline ()*	Mitridatite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montebrasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pollucite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Schorl ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Strunzite ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*
Topaz ()*	Torbernite ()*	Triplite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	5	216532,216533,216535,216536,216537	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	3	216532,216535,216537	2353
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	216535	356
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	216532,216535	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	2	216532,216535	1272
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	2	216532,216535	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	6	216532,216533,216534,216535,216536,216537	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	216532,216535	5171
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	216537	518
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	2	216532,216535	289
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	4	216532,216533,216535,216537	181
Diadochite ()*	Amorphous	Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)·6H₂O	2	216532,216535	81
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) ()*	Arrojadite	K(NaMn)CaNa₃AlMn₁₃(PO₄)₁₂(OH)₂	2	216532,216535	26
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	4	216532,216533,216535,216537	520
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	216532,216535	128
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	4	216532,216533,216535,216537	2740
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	216535	445
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	216535	7437
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)	2	216532,216535	119
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	216535	5591
Landesite ()*	Reddingite	Mn²⁺₉Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₈(OH)₃·9H₂O	1	216535	14
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	1	216535	155
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	2	216532,216535	762
Ludlamite ()*	None	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	216535	66
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	216535	14899
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	2	216532,216535	388
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	216532,216535	443
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	6	216532,216533,216534,216535,216536,216537	4924
Mitridatite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O	1	216535	129
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	216535	5800
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	4	216532,216533,216535,216536	200
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2	216532,216535	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	6	216532,216533,216534,216535,216536,216537	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	216535	2994
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	1	216535	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	216532,216535	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	216535	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	216532,216533,216534,216535,216536,216537	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	216535	1711
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	4	216532,216533,216535,216537	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	216535	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	216535	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	3	216532,216535,216536	688
Strunzite ()*	Strunzite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	216535	98
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	216535	211
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	216535	1476
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	2	216532,216535	1059
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	1	216535	233
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	216532,216535	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	3	216532,216535,216537	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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