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:
Jim Pond, Franklin Co., Maine, USA

mindat Locality ID: 14457
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14457.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jim Pond, Franklin Co., Maine, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Greenbush Mountain Area
Jim Pond Fuchsite Locality
Route 16 Stilpnomelane Locality

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica	None	Olivine	Quartz
Serpentine	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Talc

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 C Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Mica None Olivine Quartz
Serpentine Spinel Stilpnomelane Talc

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*
Lizardite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*
Stilpnomelane ()*	Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	216937,216938	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	216937	1756
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	216938,216939	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	216937	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	216937	1188
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	216937	359
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	216937	1487
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	216938	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	216937,216938	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	216938,216939	61156
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	216939	456
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	216937	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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