Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sanford, York Co., Maine, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 334
Youngest recorded age at locality: 310

mindat Locality ID: 229390
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229390.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sanford, York Co., Maine, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Six Hundred Meter Locality
Two Hundred Meter Locality
Webster Prospects (Sanford Vesuvianite Locality; Goodall Farm Prospect; Webster Vesuvianite Prospect)

Latitude: 43°25'40"N
Longitude: 70°45'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.427777777778,-70.753888888889

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Molybdenite	None
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Scapolite	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Diopside ()*	Fluorite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Grossular ()*	Meionite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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 Cd Ce F Fe H Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Calcite Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Molybdenite None
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Scapolite Scheelite Sphalerite Titanite Vesuvianite Wurtzite

18 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	334	310	1	218277	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	334	310	1	218277	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	334	310	1	218277	706
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	334	310	3	218275,218276,218277	27770
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	334	310	2	218276,218277	1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	334	310	3	218275,218276,218277	4135
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	334	310	3	218275,218276,218277	9617
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	334	310	2	218275,218277	717
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	334	310	3	218275,218276,218277	1544
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	334	310	3	218275,218276,218277	176
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	334	310	2	218275,218277	5800
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	334	310	1	218277	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	334	310	1	218277	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	334	310	2	218275,218277	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	334	310	2	218275,218277	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	334	310	1	218277	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	334	310	3	218275,218276,218277	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	334	310	3	218275,218276,218277	1395

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
	Jen_0001472	334	310	322 ± 12		age of associated magmatism		scheelite				Scheelite			229390	Sanford, York Co., Maine, USA	Sanford	Poulin et al. (2016)	10.3749/canmin.1500023	CM54_1147

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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