Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Hampden, Penobscot Co., Maine, USA

mindat Locality ID: 22853
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22853.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hampden, Penobscot Co., Maine, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Argonaut Mine
Consolidated Hampden Mine
Dunton Silver Mine
Eastman Mine
Fowler Mine
Hampden Mine
Lawrence Mine
Norumbega Mine
Silver Drift Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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: As Cu Fe O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	217621,217622,217627	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	217622	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	217622,217627,217628,217629	24243
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	217622,217625,217627,217629	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	217622,217625,217627,217629	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	217627	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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