Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
TD R2 WELS, Aroostook Co., Maine, USA

mindat Locality ID: 228293
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228293.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "TD R2 WELS, Aroostook Co., Maine, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Collins Ridge Locality
Lower Maple Mountain Manganese Prospect
Meduxnekeag River North Branch Garnet Locality
Porcupine Hill
Upper Maple Mountain Manganese Prospect

Latitude: 46°24'55"N
Longitude: 67°59'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.415277777778,-67.9975

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	Amphibole	Apatite	Braunite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rhodonite	Serpentine	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antigorite ()*
Augite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chromite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Ganophyllite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Neotocite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophanite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Stilpnomelane ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Cr F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Apatite Braunite Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Garnet Kaolinite Mica Nickeline None Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rhodonite Serpentine Spinel Stilpnomelane Titanite

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	216780,216783,216784	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4	216780,216781,216783,216784	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	216782	2353
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	216781,216784	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	216783	708
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	216780,216783	2060
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	2	216781,216784	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	216780,216781,216782,216783,216784	27770
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	5	216780,216781,216782,216783,216784	577
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	216783	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	4	216780,216781,216783,216784	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	216780,216781,216783,216784	1025
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	216781,216784	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	216780,216781,216783,216784	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	4	216780,216781,216783,216784	2740
Ganophyllite ()*	Clay	(K,Na)_xMn²⁺₆(Si,Al)₁₀O₂₄(OH)₄·nH₂O (x = 1-2; n = 7-11)	2	216781,216784	45
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	216781,216784	7437
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	2	216781,216784	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	216781,216784	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	4	216780,216781,216783,216784	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	216782,216783	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	3	216781,216783,216784	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	216780,216781,216783,216784	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	216782	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	216780,216781,216782,216783,216784	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	2	216781,216784	186
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	216781,216784	2349
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	4	216780,216781,216783,216784	303
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	216780,216781,216783,216784	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	216780,216781,216782,216783,216784	39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	2	216781,216784	244
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4	216780,216781,216783,216784	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	216780,216781,216782,216783,216784	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	2	216781,216784	969
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	216781,216784	1214
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	4	216780,216781,216783,216784	456
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	5	216780,216781,216782,216783,216784	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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