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Locality Name:
D Township, Franklin Co., Maine, USA


mindat Locality ID: 229127
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229127.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "D Township, Franklin Co., Maine, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bemis Stream Prospect
Brimstone Mtn Mine

Latitude: 44°47'29"N
Longitude: 70°41'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.791388888889,-70.6925
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 B Be Ca Cs F H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sn Ta Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeApatiteBerylClayColumbiteFeldsparGarnetMicaNoneNot in a structural group
PyroxeneQuartzRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteTapioliteTourmaline

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)
Elbaite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Microcline  (*)Montebrasite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pollucite  (*)Quartz  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spodumene  (*)Tapiolite-(Mn)  (*)Wodginite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12169178803
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)21216917606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O182216917,2169184286
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO212169175171
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O61216917289
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1216917520
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12169172740
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12169174924
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)1216917200
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O12169171508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2121691717380
Pollucite  (*)AnalcimeCs(Si2Al)O6·nH2O1216917140
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22216917,21691861156
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)312169171214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS121691721482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O62216917,216918688
Tapiolite-(Mn)  (*)TapioliteMn2+Ta2O612169172
Wodginite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Sn4+Ta2O8121691778


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