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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 295
Youngest recorded age at locality: 293

mindat Locality ID: 192467
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192467.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Bell Pit
Broome Prospect
Crisscross Prospect
Crooker Gem Pegmatite Quarries (includes Former Crooker Quarry; Blue Pit; Plumbago Prospects; Grand Canyon Prospect; Martin Prospect; Big Blue Prospect; Vandelight Ledge Prospect; Stanley Prospect; Several Unnamed Prospects)
Dunton Gem Quarry
F. Perham Prospect
Great Brook Prospect
Kinglet Prospect
Nevel Quarry (Twin Tunnels; United Feldspar Quarry)
Plumbago Mountain Graphite Mine
Plumbago North
Puzzle Mountain
Rose Quartz Crystal Locality (Pegmatite 24)
Scotty Quarry
Spodumene Brook Prospects
Three Ledges Prospect
Timberlands Lithium Pegmatite Prospect
Whitehall #1 Prospect (Whitehall Quarry)
Whitehall No. 2 Prospect

Latitude: 44°32'39"N
Longitude: 70°43'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.544166666667,-70.7275
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 As B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Sr Ta Ti U Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteArrojaditeArsenicArseniosideriteArsenopyriteArthurite
AutuniteBerauniteBerylBerylloniteCalcioferriteCalciteCeriteChalcopyriteChildreniteChlorite
ClayColumbiteCoronaditeCorrensiteCorundumDiasporeFairfielditeFeldsparFluoriteGadolinite
GarnetHureauliteJahnsiteKaoliniteLöllingiteLaueiteLazuliteMalhmooditeMeta-autuniteMica
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePerhamitePhosphophyllitePhosphosideritePhosphuranylitePyritePyroxene
QuartzRockbridgeiteRocksaltRoscheriteRutileSchoepiteSmectite-vermiculiteSouzaliteSphaleriteSpinel
StewartiteStibniteStrunziteTitaniteTourmalineVivianiteWagneriteWarditeWurtziteWölsendorfite
Zircon

128 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Annite  (*)
Anthophyllite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augelite  (*)Autunite  (*)Beraunite  (*)
Bermanite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Beryllonite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Brazilianite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Childrenite  (*)
Chrysoberyl  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Collinsite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)
Cookeite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Diadochite  (*)Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)  (*)
Dravite  (*)Earlshannonite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Eleonorite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)
Fairfieldite  (*)Ferrisicklerite  (*)Ferrostrunzite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Foitite  (*)Fourmarierite  (*)Gainesite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gorceixite  (*)Goyazite  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Greifensteinite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Heterosite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Hydroxylherderite  (*)
Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)  (*)Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kastningite  (*)Laueite  (*)
Lithiophilite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Ludlamite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Mangangordonite  (*)Messelite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metaswitzerite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)
Metavanmeersscheite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Montebrasite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Moraesite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Perhamite  (*)
Phosphophyllite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)Pollucite  (*)Pseudolaueite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)
Rutherfordine  (*)Schoepite  (*)Schoonerite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorzalite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Souzalite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spodumene  (*)
Stewartite  (*)Strengite  (*)Strunzite  (*)Switzerite  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)
Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tosudite  (*)Triphylite  (*)
Triploidite  (*)Uralolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Ushkovite  (*)
Vandendriesscheite  (*)Vanmeersscheite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wardite  (*)Whitlockite  (*)
Whitmoreite  (*)Wodginite  (*)Wölsendorfite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Xanthoxenite  (*)
Zanazziite  (*)Zigrasite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22952936217386,217389,217390,217393,217394,2173993419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)29529317217386,217387,217388,217389,217390,217392,217393,217394,217396,217397,217398,217399,217400,217401,217402,217403,2174048803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)329529313217386,217387,217389,217390,217392,217393,217394,217398,217399,217400,217402,217403,2174042353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO212173902162
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)22952936217386,217389,217390,217394,217397,217402356
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21217399718
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2952933217386,217390,2173949052
Augelite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)(OH)3121738679
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O2952936217386,217389,217390,217394,217398,2173991272
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O2217386,217390136
Bermanite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Mn3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O2217389,21739055
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)22932934217386,217389,217390,217394606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1829329313217386,217387,217388,217389,217390,217392,217394,217398,217399,217400,217402,217403,2174044286
Beryllonite  (*)BerylloniteNaBe(PO4)3217386,217390,21739847
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi12173901966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S329529312173941935
Brazilianite  (*)Not in a structural groupNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4121738659
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22952938217386,217389,217390,217393,217394,217396,217398,2174025171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22217390,21739927198
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O121739093
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O43217390,217399,217401321
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)82952932217390,2173941756
Collinsite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(PO4)2·2H2O121739038
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O62952936217386,217389,217393,217394,217398,217402518
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O62217389,217390289
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)82952933217389,217390,217394181
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)62217390,217398310
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O162952936217386,217389,217390,217394,217400,217402599
Diadochite  (*)AmorphousFe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O3217386,217389,21739081
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)  (*)ArrojaditeK(NaMn)CaNa3AlMn13(PO4)12(OH)2121739026
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2952935217386,217389,217390,217394,217399648
Earlshannonite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O121739012
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2952935217389,217390,217393,217394,217398520
Eleonorite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O2217386,21739051
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O2952937217386,217389,217390,217393,217394,217398,217399128
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O2952934217386,217390,217394,21739872
Ferrisicklerite  (*)OlivineLi1-x(Fe3+,Mn2+)(PO4)1217386108
Ferrostrunzite  (*)StrunziteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O121739019
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F29529311217386,217387,217389,217390,217393,217394,217398,217399,217400,217402,2174032740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22952932217386,2173949617
Foitite  (*)Tourmaline   (Fe2+2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)3217389,217390,21740275
Fourmarierite  (*)SchoepitePb1-xO3-2x(UO2)4(OH)4+2x·4H2O121739061
Gainesite  (*)NoneNa2(Be,Li)Zr2(PO4)4·1.5H2O29329312173941
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2952932217394,21739824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2952939217386,217389,217390,217393,217394,217398,217399,217402,2174047437
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61217386121
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)63217386,217390,217398173
Graphite  (*)NoneC12173952812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1217386717
Greifensteinite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Be4Fe2+5(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O2932933217390,217394,21739827
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32952938217386,217389,217390,217394,217398,217399,217402,21740414640
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)2952937217386,217389,217390,217394,217398,217399,217403204
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O1217390125
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH5217386,217389,217390,217398,217399367
Hydroxylherderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)(OH)2932935217386,217389,217390,217394,217398119
Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Fe2+2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O3217386,217389,21739027
Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Mn2+2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O121738618
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412173905591
Kastningite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O12173908
Laueite  (*)LaueiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O2952934217386,217389,217390,21739470
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)1217396155
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs21217390762
Ludlamite  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)2·4H2O2217386,21739966
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)22952933217389,217390,217394238
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4121738614899
Mangangordonite  (*)LaueiteMn2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O12173906
Messelite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Fe2+(PO4)2·2H2O121738643
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O2952936217386,217389,217390,217394,217398,217399388
Metaswitzerite  (*)NoneMn2+3(PO4)2·4H2O2217386,21739022
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O2217386,217390443
Metavanmeersscheite  (*)NoneU(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)6·2H2O12173904
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)29529316217386,217387,217388,217389,217390,217392,217393,217394,217396,217398,217399,217400,217401,217402,217403,2174044924
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O2952934217386,217389,217390,217394129
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)2952938217386,217389,217390,217393,217394,217396,217398,217403200
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O2952934217386,217389,217390,2173941508
Moraesite  (*)NoneBe2(PO4)(OH)·4H2O3217386,217390,21739835
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)229529317217386,217387,217388,217389,217390,217392,217393,217394,217396,217397,217398,217399,217400,217401,217402,217403,21740417380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O4217386,217389,217390,2173982994
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O2952932217390,217394144
Perhamite  (*)PerhamiteCa3Al7.7Si3P4O23.5(OH)14.1·8H2O2217386,21739019
Phosphophyllite  (*)PhosphophylliteZn2Fe2+(PO4)2·4H2O2217386,21739029
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O3217389,217390,217398182
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O3217389,217390,217398182
Pollucite  (*)AnalcimeCs(Si2Al)O6·nH2O2217389,217390140
Pseudolaueite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O121738910
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22952939217386,217387,217389,217390,217394,217398,217399,217400,21740339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812173899056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO229529318217386,217387,217388,217389,217390,217392,217393,217394,217395,217396,217397,217398,217399,217400,217401,217402,217403,21740461156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)3217386,217389,2173901711
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)52952934217386,217389,217390,217394206
Rutherfordine  (*)None(UO2)(CO3)121739058
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)62952933217389,217390,21739494
Schoonerite  (*)CalcioferriteZnMn2+Fe2+2Fe3+(PO4)3(OH)2(H2O)7·2H2O2952933217386,217390,21739413
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)29529311217386,217389,217390,217392,217393,217394,217398,217399,217400,217402,2174042705
Scorzalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)22952934217386,217390,217394,21739960
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2952938217386,217389,217390,217393,217394,217398,217399,2174046417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO512173971516
Souzalite  (*)SouzaliteMg3Al4(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O121738611
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2952936217386,217390,217394,217398,217399,21740421482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O629529311217386,217389,217390,217393,217394,217396,217398,217399,217400,217402,217403688
Stewartite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O2217389,21739048
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O1217390263
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O2952934217386,217389,217390,21739498
Switzerite  (*)NoneMn2+3(PO4)2·7H2O2217386,21739021
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O63217389,217390,217398211
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12173934899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O3217389,217390,217398433
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O3217386,217390,2173991059
Tosudite  (*)Corrensite ClayNa0.5(Al,Mg)6(Si,Al)8O18(OH)12·5H2O121738936
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)2952938217386,217389,217390,217394,217396,217398,217399,217403313
Triploidite  (*)WagneriteMn2+2(PO4)(OH)121739029
Uralolite  (*)NoneCa2Be4(PO4)3(OH)3·5H2O12173908
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22952937217386,217389,217390,217393,217394,217398,2173992718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O2217389,217390890
Ushkovite  (*)LaueiteMgFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O121739018
Vandendriesscheite  (*)NonePb1.6(UO2)10O6(OH)11·11H2O121739052
Vanmeersscheite  (*)NoneU(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)6·4H2O12173908
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O2952934217386,217389,217390,217394636
Wardite  (*)WarditeNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O2952933217386,217390,21739458
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)62952933217386,217390,217394104
Whitmoreite  (*)ArthuriteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O2217386,21738936
Wodginite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Sn4+Ta2O82217390,21739878
Wölsendorfite  (*)WölsendorfitePb7(UO2)14O19(OH)4·12H2O121739043
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS1217386372
Xanthoxenite  (*)NoneCa4Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·3H2O3217389,217390,21739829
Zanazziite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Be4Mg5(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O2217386,21738921
Zigrasite  (*)MalhmooditeMgZr(PO4)2·4H2O12173901
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2952937217386,217389,217390,217394,217396,217398,2173995251


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Be-00026293293293  high    GainesiteBe5940Nevel Quarry (Twin Tunnels; United Feldspar Quarry), Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA Wise and Brown (2010)10.3190/jgeosci.061JG55_3 
Grew_Li_2019_0040295295295      Gainesite 5940Nevel Quarry (Twin Tunnels; United Feldspar Quarry), Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USANevel quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, U.S.A.Bradley et al. (2016)10.3749/canmin.1600035CM54_945 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R170035Crooker Gem Pegmatite Quarries (includes Former Crooker Quarry; Blue Pit; Plumbago Prospects; Grand Canyon Prospect; Martin Prospect; Big Blue Prospect; Vandelight Ledge Prospect; Stanley Prospect; Several Unnamed Prospects), Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USAhttps://rruff.info/R170035
R120143Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USAhttps://rruff.info/R120143

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