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Locality Name:
Saint George, Knox Co., Maine, USA


mindat Locality ID: 229361
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229361.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saint George, Knox Co., Maine, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Clark Island
Hart Neck
Long Cove Quarry
Norton Island
Wildcat Quarry

Latitude: 43°59'8"N
Longitude: 69°10'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.985555555556,-69.171666666667
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 Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteApatiteChloriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteGarnetMicaNoneNot in a structural group
QuartzRutileTourmalineZircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312171512353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO512171521310
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)81217151577
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12171548173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12171512740
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2121715217380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22217151,21715461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212171515614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12171512705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO512171521516
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12171515251


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