Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 293
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 14498
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14498.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Bowker Quarry
Colby Quarry
Crocker Hill Mines
Ellingwood Prospect
Glover Spar Prospects
Hooper Ledge Prospect
Hooper Ledge Quarry
Irish Prospect
Irish Quarry
Little Singepole Mountain Prospects
Mount Marie Quarries
Mount Mica Quarry (Mount Mica Mine)
Pechnik Prospect
Ryerson Hill Quarries
Slattery Quarry
Stearns Farm Prospect
Twitchell Quarry
Whispering Pines Quarry

Latitude: 44°15'50"N
Longitude: 70°28'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.263888888889,-70.470833333333

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Analcime	Apatite	Arseniosiderite	Arsenopyrite	Arthurite	Autunite	Beraunite	Beryl
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Childrenite	Chlorite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Diaspore	Dumortierite	Fairfieldite
Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Gypsum	Hureaulite	Jahnsite	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Laueite
Malachite	Meta-autunite	Mica	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pharmacosiderite	Phosphophyllite
Phosphosiderite	Phosphuranylite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rockbridgeite	Roscherite	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Stewartite	Strunzite	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite	Vivianite	Walentaite	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 Ce Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sn Sr Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Analcime Apatite Arseniosiderite Arsenopyrite Arthurite Autunite Beraunite Beryl
Calcite Chalcopyrite Childrenite Chlorite Clay Columbite Corundum Diaspore Dumortierite Fairfieldite
Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Gypsum Hureaulite Jahnsite Kaolinite Löllingite Laueite
Malachite Meta-autunite Mica Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pharmacosiderite Phosphophyllite
Phosphosiderite Phosphuranylite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rockbridgeite Roscherite Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Stewartite Strunzite Tourmaline Vesuvianite Vivianite Walentaite Zircon

92 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Annite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augelite ()*
Autunite ()*	Beraunite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*
Cookeite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Diadochite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dumortierite ()*
Earlshannonite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Eosphorite ()*	Fairfieldite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Foitite ()*	Glucine ()*	Goethite ()*	Goyazite ()*	Graphite ()*
Greifensteinite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halloysite-7Å ()*	Hematite ()*
Heterosite ()*	Hureaulite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Hydroxylherderite ()*	Jahnsite-(CaMnFe) ()*
Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kosnarite ()*	Laueite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Ludlamite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mccrillisite ()*	Messelite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*
Metatorbernite ()*	Metauranospinite ()*	Microcline ()*	Mitridatite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Montebrasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Moraesite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Petalite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Phosphophyllite ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphuranylite ()*
Pollucite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rockbridgeite ()*	Rossmanite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*
Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Stewartite ()*
Strunzite ()*	Switzerite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Triphylite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Walentaite ()*	Whitmoreite ()*	Xanthoxenite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	293	0	10	217422,217426,217427,217428,217430,217431,217432,217434,217435,217438	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	293	260	7	217425,217427,217430,217431,217432,217434,217438	2353
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	293	260	1	217432	356
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			4	217425,217431,217434,217438	9052
Augelite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃			1	217434	79
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	293	260	2	217432,217434	1272
Beraunite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O	293	260	2	217432,217434	136
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	293	0	4	217431,217432,217434,217435	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	293	0	7	217427,217429,217430,217431,217432,217434,217435	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	217434	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	293	260	2	217431,217432	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	217431	27198
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄			2	217437,217438	321
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	267.94	0	4	217427,217431,217434,217435	518
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	293	260	2	217431,217432	289
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	293	260	3	217431,217432,217434	181
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	293	260	1	217432	310
Diadochite ()*	Amorphous	Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)·6H₂O			1	217434	81
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	217431	4135
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈			3	217422,217427,217428	231
Earlshannonite ()*	Arthurite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	217434	12
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	293	260	3	217431,217432,217434	520
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	293	260	3	217431,217432,217434	128
Fairfieldite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Mn²⁺(PO₄)₂·2H₂O	293	260	2	217432,217434	72
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	293	260	6	217424,217427,217430,217431,217432,217434	2740
Foitite ()*	Tourmaline	(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	293	260	1	217432	75
Glucine ()*	None	CaBe₄(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·0.5H₂O	293	293	1	217432	2
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	293	260	2	217431,217432	7437
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	293	260	1	217432	173
Graphite ()*	None	C	293	260	2	217423,217432	2812
Greifensteinite ()*	Roscherite	Ca₂Be₄Fe²⁺₅(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·6H₂O	293	293	1	217432	27
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	217431	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	217434	6890
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	293	260	1	217432	52
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	293	260	1	217432	14640
Heterosite ()*	Olivine	Fe³⁺(PO₄)	293	260	3	217431,217432,217434	204
Hureaulite ()*	Hureaulite	Mn²⁺₅(PO₃OH)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	293	260	2	217432,217434	125
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	293	260	2	217432,217434	367
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)			1	217434	119
Jahnsite-(CaMnFe) ()*	Jahnsite	CaMn²⁺Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₄(OH)₂·8H₂O			1	217434	27
Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) ()*	Jahnsite	CaMn²⁺Mn²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₄(OH)₂·8H₂O	293	260	1	217432	18
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	293	260	2	217431,217432	5591
Kosnarite ()*	None	KZr₂(PO₄)₃	293	260	1	217432	7
Laueite ()*	Laueite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	293	260	2	217432,217434	70
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	293	260	3	217431,217432,217434	762
Ludlamite ()*	None	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O			1	217434	66
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	217431	12537
Mccrillisite ()*	None	NaCs(Be,Li)Zr₂(PO₄)₄·1-2H₂O	293	293	1	217432	1
Messelite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Fe²⁺(PO₄)₂·2H₂O			1	217434	43
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	293	260	1	217432	388
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	293	260	1	217432	443
Metauranospinite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	217431	14
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	293	0	17	217421,217422,217424,217425,217426,217427,217428,217429,217430,217431,217432,217433,217434,217435,217436,217437,217438	4924
Mitridatite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O	293	260	2	217432,217434	129
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	293	260	1	217432	945
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	293	260	3	217431,217432,217434	200
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	293	260	2	217431,217432	1508
Moraesite ()*	None	Be₂(PO₄)(OH)·4H₂O	293	293	1	217432	35
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	267.94	257.94	18	217421,217422,217423,217424,217425,217426,217427,217428,217429,217430,217431,217432,217433,217434,217435,217436,217437,217438	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	293	260	2	217432,217434	2994
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	293	260	2	217431,217432	124
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O			1	217431	428
Phosphophyllite ()*	Phosphophyllite	Zn₂Fe²⁺(PO₄)₂·4H₂O			1	217434	29
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	293	260	2	217432,217434	182
Phosphuranylite ()*	Phosphuranylite	KCa(H₃O)₃(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₄·8H₂O	293	260	1	217432	182
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	293	260	2	217431,217432	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	293	260	4	217423,217431,217432,217434	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	217434	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	293	0	18	217421,217422,217423,217424,217425,217426,217427,217428,217429,217430,217431,217432,217433,217434,217435,217436,217437,217438	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			1	217434	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	293	260	2	217431,217432	1711
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅			1	217434	206
Rossmanite ()*	Tourmaline	(Al₂Li)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	293	260	1	217432	37
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	293	260	1	217432	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	293	0	8	217425,217427,217430,217431,217432,217434,217435,217438	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	293	260	2	217432,217434	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	293	260	3	217431,217432,217434	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	293	260	3	217431,217432,217434	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	293	260	2	217431,217432	688
Stewartite ()*	Stewartite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	293	260	2	217432,217434	48
Strunzite ()*	Strunzite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O	293	260	2	217432,217434	98
Switzerite ()*	None	Mn²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·7H₂O			1	217434	21
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	293	260	1	217432	1059
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	293	260	3	217431,217432,217434	313
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	293	260	3	217431,217432,217434	2718
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	217431	1395
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	217434	636
Walentaite ()*	Walentaite	[Mn(H₂O)₆][ As³⁺₃Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂O₇]			1	217431	6
Whitmoreite ()*	Arthurite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	217434	36
Xanthoxenite ()*	None	Ca₄Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₄(OH)₂·3H₂O			1	217434	29
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	293	260	1	217432	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	293	260	4	217426,217431,217432,217434	5251

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Be-00026	293	293	293			high			Yes		Gainesite	Be	5940	Nevel Quarry (Twin Tunnels; United Feldspar Quarry), Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA		Wise and Brown (2010)	10.3190/jgeosci.061	JG55_3
Alexandra-0187	264	260	264–260	Ar-Ar	Age of pegmatite		muscovite	11Dw304a, 11Dw305a		Muscovite			3784	Mount Mica Quarry (Mount Mica Mine), Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA	Mount Mica	Bradley et al. (2016)	10.3749/canmin.1600035	CM54_945
Be-00022	293	293	293			high					Mccrillisite	Be	3784	Mount Mica Quarry (Mount Mica Mine), Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA		Wise and Brown (2010)	10.3190/jgeosci.061	JG55_3
Grew_Li_2019_0068	262	262	262								Mccrillisite		3784	Mount Mica Quarry (Mount Mica Mine), Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA	Mount Mica quarry, South Paris, Oxford County, Maine, U.S.A.	Bradley et al. (2016)	10.3749/canmin.1600035	CM54_945
USGS-Rb-Sr-00964	5	0	0±5	Rb-Sr	initial age disturbed by later metamorphism		biotite						3805	Slattery Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-00965	267.94	257.94	262.94±5	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion		muscovite			Muscovite			3805	Slattery Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060890	Mount Marie Quarries, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA	https://rruff.info/R060890

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