Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Piscataquis Co., Maine, USA

mindat Locality ID: 14687
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14687.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Piscataquis Co., Maine, USA": 129
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 121

Number of Child Localities: 113
Child Localities:
Abbot
Atkinson
Barnard
Beaver Cove
Big Moose Township
Blanchard
Bowdoin College Grant
Bowdoin College Grant West
Bowerbank
Brownville
Chesuncook
Cove Point
Days Academy Grant
Dover-Foxcroft
Eagle Lake
East Middlesex Canal Grant
Ebeemee
Elliotsville
Frenchtown
Greenville
Guilford
Harfords Point
Katahdin Iron Works
Kineo
Kingsbury
Lakeview
Lily Bay
Little Moose Township
Lobster
Medford
Milo
Monson
Moosehead Junction
Mount Katahdin
Nesourdnahunk
Northeast Carry
Orneville
Parkman
Rainbow
Sangerville
Sebec
Shawtown
Shirley
Soper Mountain
Spencer Bay
T1 R10 WELS
T1 R11 WELS
T1 R12 WELS
T1 R13 WELS
T1 R9 WELS
T10 R10 WELS
T10 R11 WELS
T10 R12 WELS
T10 R13 WELS
T10 R14 WELS
T10 R15 WELS
T10 R9 WELS
T2 R10 WELS
T2 R12 WELS
T2 R13 WELS
T2 R9 WELS
T3 R10 WELS
T3 R11 WELS
T3 R12 WELS
T3 R13 WELS
T4 R10 WELS
T4 R11 WELS
T4 R12 WELS
T4 R13 WELS
T4 R14 WELS
T4 R15 WELS
T4 R9 NWP
T4 R9 WELS
T5 R11 WELS
T5 R12 WELS
T5 R14 WELS
T5 R15 WELS
T5 R9 WELS
T6 R10 WELS
T6 R11 WELS
T6 R12 WELS
T6 R13 WELS
T6 R14 WELS
T6 R15 WELS
T7 R10 WELS
T7 R11 WELS
T7 R12 WELS
T7 R13 WELS
T7 R14 WELS
T7 R15 WELS
T7 R9 NWP
T7 R9 WELS
T8 R10 WELS
T8 R11 WELS
T8 R14 WELS
T8 R15 WELS
T8 R9 WELS
T9 R10 WELS
T9 R11 WELS
T9 R12 WELS
T9 R13 WELS
T9 R14 WELS
T9 R15 WELS
T9 R9 WELS
TA R10 WELS
TA R11 WELS
TB R10 WELS
TB R11 WELS
Trout Brook
TX R14 WELS
Wellington
Willamantic
Williamsburg

Latitude: 45°43'21"N
Longitude: 69°12'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.7225,-69.200277777778

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.

Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copiapite	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	Malachite	Marcasite
Melanterite	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine
Spinel	Sulphur	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anorthite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Augite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Fayalite ()*	Ferrosilite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Microcline ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Titanite ()*	Violarite ()*	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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Pb S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copiapite Corundum Feldspar Garnet Malachite Marcasite
Melanterite Nickeline None Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine
Spinel Sulphur Titanite Zircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	217729	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	217729	2353
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	3	217707,217729,217736	1036
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	217729	708
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	217729	2060
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	217729	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	217729	382
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	217729	944
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	2	217707,217736	371
Ferrosilite ()*	Pyroxene	Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆	2	217707,217736	84
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	217729	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	217729	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	217729,217742	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	217729	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	217707,217729,217736	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	217726,217800,217801	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	217729	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	217729	915
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	217729	4924
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	217729	2349
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	217729	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	217800,217801,217803	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	217729,217730	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	217729	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	217803	6417
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	217729	2045
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	217729	4899
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	217729	380
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	217729	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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