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


mindat Locality ID: 14497
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14497.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Albany, Oxford Co., Maine, USA": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Albany Rose Quarry
Bumpus Quarry
Charles Pingree Ledge Quarry
Chester Holt Prospect
Coe Ledge Prospect
Donahue Quarry (Donahue Prospect)
Douglass Road Metal Quarry
Fleck Prospect
Flint Mountain Prospects
French Mountain Prospect
General Electric Glass Quartz Quarry
Guy Johnson Quarry
Isabelle Foster Quarry
Preston Flint Prospects
Round Mountain Rose Quartz Locality
Saunders-Wheeler Prospect
Scribner Ledge Quarry
Songo Pond Quarry (Kimball Ledge Quarry)
Stearns Quarry
Wardwell Quarry (Pechnic Quarry)
Wentworth Quarry

Latitude: 44°18'51"N
Longitude: 70°46'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.314166666667,-70.780277777778
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 Ba Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Si Sr Ti U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousApatiteAutuniteBerylBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayColumbite
CoronaditeCorundumDiasporeDumortieriteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnetKaoliniteLazulite
MalachiteMeta-autuniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPhosphuranylitePyriteQuartz
RutileScheeliteSchoepiteSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelStibniteTitaniteTourmalineVivianiteZircon

50 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Annite  (*)Autunite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Cookeite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Dumortierite  (*)Elbaite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Foitite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hydroxylapatite  (*)Hydroxylherderite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Meta-autunite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)Powellite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schoepite  (*)
Schorl  (*)Scorzalite  (*)Siderite  (*)Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Vivianite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)20217220,217221,217222,217223,217224,217225,217226,217227,217229,217230,217231,217232,217233,217234,217235,217236,217237,217238,217239,2172408803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)311217221,217222,217225,217227,217230,217231,217232,217236,217237,217238,2172392353
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)210217220,217221,217223,217233,217235,217236,217237,217238,217239,217240356
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O7217220,217221,217222,217231,217236,217237,2172391272
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)23217221,217222,217237606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1815217221,217222,217225,217227,217228,217229,217230,217231,217232,217235,217236,217237,217238,217239,2172404286
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S312172371935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1217237716
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22217221,21723727198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)82217221,217237577
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O66217221,217222,217231,217236,217237,217240518
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)81217237181
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O162217221,217237599
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O187217220,217221,217229,217234,217236,217238,217239231
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1217237520
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F9217220,217221,217222,217231,217236,217237,217238,217239,2172402740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212172229617
Foitite  (*)Tourmaline   (Fe2+2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2217221,21723775
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)4217220,217221,217222,2172377437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34217220,217221,217222,21723714640
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH3217221,217231,217237367
Hydroxylherderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)(OH)2217221,217237119
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412172215591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4121723714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2121723712537
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O4217221,217231,217236,217239388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O3217221,217231,217239443
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)21217220,217221,217222,217223,217224,217225,217226,217227,217228,217229,217230,217231,217232,217233,217234,217235,217236,217237,217238,217239,2172404924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212172375800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)220217220,217221,217222,217223,217224,217225,217227,217228,217229,217230,217231,217232,217233,217234,217235,217236,217237,217238,217239,21724017380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O1217221471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O2217225,2172372994
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1217239144
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O1217222182
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1217237494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23217221,217225,21723739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82217221,2172379056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO221217220,217221,217222,217223,217224,217225,217226,217227,217228,217229,217230,217231,217232,217233,217234,217235,217236,217237,217238,217239,21724061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22217221,2172375614
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)62217222,21723794
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11217220,217221,217222,217225,217227,217230,217231,217236,217237,217238,2172392705
Scorzalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2121722160
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2217221,2172376417
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12172214899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O1217221433
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O3217221,217231,2172391059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO25217221,217236,217237,217238,2172392718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O4217222,217231,217236,217239890
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O1217221636
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)7217221,217222,217227,217231,217237,217238,2172395251


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