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Locality Name:
Franklin Co., Maine, USA

mindat Locality ID: 14458
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14458.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Franklin Co., Maine, USA": 78
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 57

Number of Child Localities: 47
Child Localities:
6 North Of Weld
Alder Stream
Alder Stream Township
Avon
Beattie
Carrabassett Valley
Carthage
Chain Of Ponds
Chesterville
Coburn Gore
Coplin
D Township
Dallas Plantation
Davis
E Township
Eustis
Farmington
Freeman
Gorham Gore
Industry
Jay
Jim Pond
Kibby
Kingfield
Lang
Lowelltown
Madrid
Massachusetts Gore
Merrill Strip
Mount Abram
New Sharon
New Vinyard
Perkins
Phillips
Rangeley
Rangeley Plantation
Redington
Salem
Sandy River
Seven Ponds
Skinner
Stetsontown
Strong
Temple
Tim Pond
Weld
Wilton

Latitude: 45°0'12"N
Longitude: 70°31'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.003333333333,-70.521388888889

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Andalusite	Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite
Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scapolite	Scheelite
Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Stilpnomelane	Talc	Tapiolite	Titanite	Tourmaline
Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

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 Au B Be C Ca Cr Cs F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb Pt S Si Sn Ta Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Andalusite Apatite Beryl Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite
Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Olivine Prehnite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scapolite Scheelite
Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Stilpnomelane Talc Tapiolite Titanite Tourmaline
Vesuvianite Wollastonite

64 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Annite ()*
Anorthite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Augite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Margarite ()*	Meionite ()*	Microcline ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pollucite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*
Staurolite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Talc ()*	Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite-(Mn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wodginite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	216930,216953	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4	216910,216913,216917,216962	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	5	216912,216913,216920,216962,216964	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	3	216908,216942,216959	1310
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	216913	356
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	3	216903,216930,216966	1036
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	216927	708
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	216903,216966	2060
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	216917	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	3	216900,216917,216918	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	216903,216910,216961,216966	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	216917	5171
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	216941	577
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	216937,216938	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	216937	1756
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	216917	289
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	216910	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	216938,216939	9895
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	216917	520
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	216937	8173
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	2	216903,216966	271
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	216917	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	216937	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	216941	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	216913,216941	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	216913,216920,216941,216959,216964	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	216925,216958	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	3	216910,216929,216961	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	216961	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	216904	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	216920,216964	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	216953	1507
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	216936,216937	359
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	216937	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5	216903,216913,216920,216964,216966	14899
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	1	216925	168
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	1	216929	176
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4	216913,216917,216923,216938	4924
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	1	216917	200
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	216917	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	10	216908,216912,216913,216917,216923,216925,216937,216938,216942,216958	17380
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1	216920	485
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	1	216917	140
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	216929	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	216941,216958	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	216908	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	216900,216925	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	22	216900,216904,216910,216913,216917,216918,216920,216923,216925,216927,216930,216938,216939,216941,216942,216943,216947,216948,216953,216958,216959,216964	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	216925	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	216930	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	216923	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	216941	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	216917	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	216917	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	3	216917,216918,216923	688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	2	216912,216913	978
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
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	216949	99
Tapiolite-(Mn) ()*	Tapiolite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	216917	2
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	216930,216961	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	2	216928,216929	1395
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	1	216917	78
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	216961	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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