Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 22568
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22568.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buckfield, Oxford Co., Maine, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Basin Falls Locality
Bennett Quarry
Bessey Quarry
Buckfield Magnetite Mine
Cummings Quarry
Damon Hill Prospect (Chester DiCosta Spar Prospect)
Fletcher Quarry
GE-Central Quarry (GE #2 Quarry; General Electric #2 Quarry)
GE-SE Mine
Irish Quarry
Larrivee Prospect
Orchard Quarry
Owl's Head Quarry
Owls Head Prospects (Nevel Prospects)
Streaked Mountain
Westinghouse Quarry (Dudley Ledge Quarry; Irish Quarry; Lewis Quarry)

Latitude: 44°16'47"N
Longitude: 70°24'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.279722222222,-70.415277777778

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	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Beryl	Calcite	Childrenite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corrensite	Diaspore	Dumortierite	Epidote	Fairfieldite	Feldspar	Fluorite
Gadolinite	Garnet	Hureaulite	Kaolinite	Meta-autunite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Reddingite	Roscherite	Rutile	Schoepite
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tapiolite	Topaz	Tourmaline	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 Ba Be Bi C Ca Cs F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Si Sn Sr Ta U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Analcime Apatite Arsenopyrite Autunite Beryl Calcite Childrenite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Corrensite Diaspore Dumortierite Epidote Fairfieldite Feldspar Fluorite
Gadolinite Garnet Hureaulite Kaolinite Meta-autunite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Olivine Phenakite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Reddingite Roscherite Rutile Schoepite
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tapiolite Topaz Tourmaline Zircon

61 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Bavenite ()*
Beidellite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Cookeite ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Elbaite ()*
Eosphorite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fairfieldite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Fluornatromicrolite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gorceixite ()*	Goyazite ()*	Hureaulite ()*
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Hydroxylherderite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lithiophilite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Meta-autunite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Petalite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Pollucite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Reddingite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Roscherite ()*	Schoepite ()*	Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*
Todorokite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tosudite ()*	Triphylite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	12	217261,217262,217264,217266,217267,217268,217270,217271,217272,217273,217274,217275	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	5	217261,217262,217267,217272,217275	2353
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	5	217261,217262,217267,217270,217275	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	2	217261,217271	1272
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	1	217267	255
Beidellite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	217261	85
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	2	217261,217271	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	11	217261,217262,217264,217266,217267,217268,217269,217270,217271,217272,217275	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	217261	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	6	217261,217267,217268,217271,217274,217275	5171
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	217271	518
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	217261	289
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	2	217261,217270	181
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	1	217261	231
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	5	217261,217267,217268,217273,217274	520
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	217261	128
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	217261	8173
Fairfieldite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Mn²⁺(PO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	217261	72
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	4	217261,217267,217270,217271	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	217261	9617
Fluornatromicrolite ()*	Pyrochlore	(Na_1.5Bi_0.5)Ta₂O₆F	1	217261	13
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	217261,217271	7437
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	217261	121
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	217261	173
Hureaulite ()*	Hureaulite	Mn²⁺₅(PO₃OH)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	217261	125
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	217261	367
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)	1	217261	119
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	217261	5591
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	1	217261	155
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	217263	14899
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	217261	388
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	13	217261,217262,217264,217265,217266,217267,217269,217270,217271,217272,217273,217274,217275	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	217260,217261	5800
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	4	217261,217267,217268,217273	200
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2	217261,217267	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	14	217260,217261,217262,217264,217265,217266,217267,217269,217270,217271,217272,217273,217274,217275	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	217261	2994
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	1	217275	124
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	217271	326
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	6	217261,217267,217268,217272,217273,217275	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	217261,217262,217267	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	217261	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	14	217260,217261,217262,217264,217265,217266,217267,217269,217270,217271,217272,217273,217274,217275	61156
Reddingite ()*	Reddingite	Mn²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·3H₂O	1	217261	24
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	217261	1711
Roscherite ()*	Roscherite	Ca₂Mn²⁺₅Be₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·6H₂O	1	217261	22
Schoepite ()*	Schoepite	(UO₂)₄O(OH)₆(H₂O)₆	1	217271	94
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	9	217261,217262,217267,217268,217270,217271,217272,217274,217275	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	217270	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	217261	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	217261	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	217262	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1	217261	688
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	217261	211
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	217261	88
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	217270	433
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	217261	1476
Tosudite ()*	Corrensite Clay	Na_0.5(Al,Mg)₆(Si,Al)₈O₁₈(OH)₁₂·5H₂O	1	217261	36
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	1	217261	313
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	217261,217271	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	217261	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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