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Locality Name:
Lubec, Washington Co., Maine, USA


mindat Locality ID: 229385
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229385.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lubec, Washington Co., Maine, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Lubec Lead Mine (Solomon Thayer Mine)

Latitude: 44°50'22"N
Longitude: 67°3'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.839444444444,-67.052222222222
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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O P Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiaspore
EpidoteLinariteMalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheelite
SphaleriteTitanite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12181532734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61218153919
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412181535516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)121815327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12181534979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2121815327198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)812181531756
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212181539895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12181538173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS121815324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12181537437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3121815314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12181531689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)612181531066
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21218153987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2121815312537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2121815339462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12181531725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812181539056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2121815361156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12181532473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS121815321482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12181534899
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO412181531655


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