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Locality Name:
Sullivan District, Sullivan, Hancock Co., Maine, USA


mindat Locality ID: 229146
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229146.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sullivan District, Sullivan, Hancock Co., Maine, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Ashley Mine
Beacon Hill Mine
Faneuil Hall & Sullivan Mine
Free Silver Mine
Millbrook Mine
Milton Mine
Pine Tree Mine
Portland-Sullivan Mine
Salem & Sullivan Mine
Sullivan & Waukeag Mine
Sullivan Falls Mine
Sullivan Silver Mines

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopper
EpidoteMicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12170632793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2217061,2170639052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)121706311547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)121706327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23217060,217061,21706327198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)812170631756
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12170638173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4217060,217061,217062,21706324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu121706330554
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2121706317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23217060,217061,21706339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24217060,217061,217062,21706361156
Silver  (*)CopperAg2217061,2170635186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS121706321482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1312170631803
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212170632562


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