Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
T3 R9 WELS, Aroostook Co., Maine, USA

mindat Locality ID: 228292
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228292.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "T3 R9 WELS, Aroostook Co., Maine, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hovey Mountain Manganese Prospect

Latitude: 46°23'18"N
Longitude: 68°3'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.388333333333,-68.052222222222

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.

Allophane	Braunite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Garnet	None
Quartz	Rhodonite	Stilpnomelane	Talc

Ankerite ()*	Bementite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Dolomite ()*	Ganophyllite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Talc ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Braunite Calcite Chlorite Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Garnet None
Quartz Rhodonite Stilpnomelane Talc

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	216767	3092
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈	1	216767	173
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	216767	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	216767	27770
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	216767	577
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	216767	1756
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	216767	9895
Ganophyllite ()*	Clay	(K,Na)_xMn²⁺₆(Si,Al)₁₀O₂₄(OH)₄·nH₂O (x = 1-2; n = 7-11)	1	216767	45
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	216767	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	216767	14640
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	216767	1487
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	1	216767	186
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	216767	2349
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	1	216767	244
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	216767	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	216767	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	216767	969
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	216767	1214
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	216767	456
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	216767	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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