Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Appleton, Knox Co., Maine, USA

mindat Locality ID: 211348
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211348.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Appleton, Knox Co., Maine, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Appleton Ridge
Burketville Gravel Pit
Gushee Farm Area
Route 105 Road Cut

Latitude: 44°18'29"N
Longitude: 69°16'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.308055555556,-69.278333333333

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	Andalusite	Beryl	Feldspar	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile	Staurolite

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 Fe H K Mg O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Beryl Feldspar None Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile Staurolite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Andalusite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Microcline ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Staurolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	217128	1310
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	217130	718
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	217130	1008
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	217129	4924
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	217129,217131	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	217128,217129,217131	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	217129,217131	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	217128	1516
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	217128	978

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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