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Locality Name:
Penobscot Co., Maine, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 450
Youngest recorded age at locality: 450

mindat Locality ID: 22862
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22862.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Penobscot Co., Maine, USA": 118
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 105

Number of Child Localities: 94
Child Localities:
Alton
Bangor
Bradford
Bradley
Brewer
Burlington
Carmel
Carroll
Charleston
Chester
Clifton
Corinna
Corinth
Dexter
Dixmont
Drew
East Millinocket
Eddington
Edinburg
Enfield
Etna
Exeter
Garland
Glenburn
Grand Falls
Greenbush
Greenfield
Grindstone
Hampden
Hermon
Herseytown
Holden
Hopkins Academy Grant
Howland
Hudson
Indian Island
Kenduskeag
Lagrange
Lakeville
Lee
Levant
Lincoln
Long A
Lowell
Mattamiscontis
Mattawamkeag
Maxfield
Medway
Milford
Millinocket
Mount Chase
Newburgh
Newport
Old Town
Orono
Orrington
Passadumkeag
Patten
Plymouth
Prentiss
Pukakon
Seboeis
Springfield
Stacyville
Stetson
Summit
T1 R6 WELS
T1 R8 WELS
T2 R3 NWP
T2 R8 WELS
T2 R9 NWP
T3 Indian Purchase
T3 R7 WELS
T3 R8 WELS
T3 R9 NWP
T4 Indian Purchase
T4 R7 WELS
T4 R8 WELS
T5 R7 WELS
T5 R8 WELS
T6 R6 WELS
T6 R7 WELS
T6 R8 WELS
T7 R6 WELS
T7 R7 WELS
T7 R8 WELS
T8 R6 WELS
T8 R7 WELS
T8 R8 WELS
TA R7 WELS
Veazie
Webster
Winn
Woodville

Latitude: 45°22'19"N
Longitude: 68°41'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.371944444444,-68.690555555556

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Diaspore	Feldspar	Linarite	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Diaspore Feldspar Linarite Mica Molybdenite None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	217641	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			3	217621,217622,217627	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	217678	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			3	217601,217602,217622	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			6	217602,217622,217627,217628,217629,217631	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	217602	7437
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂			1	217613	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	217641	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	217641	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	217672	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	217641	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	450	450	10	217590,217591,217602,217622,217625,217627,217629,217631,217644,217687	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	450	450	12	217590,217591,217602,217622,217625,217627,217629,217631,217641,217644,217672,217687	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	217602,217627	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			2	217590,217644	3418

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-01060	450	450	Ordovician										S	7554	Mount Chase Locality, T6 R6 WELS, Penobscot Co., Maine, USA	Mount Chase	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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