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Locality Name:
Washington Co., Maine, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 430
Youngest recorded age at locality: 378.71

mindat Locality ID: 22982
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22982.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Washington Co., Maine, USA": 103
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 93

Number of Child Localities: 83
Child Localities:
14
21
Addison
Alexander
Baileyville
Baring
Beals
Beddington
Brookton
Calais
Centerville
Charlotte
Cherryfield
Codyville
Columbia
Columbia Falls
Cooper
Crawford
Cutler
Danforth
Deblois
Dennysville
Devereaux Township
Dyer
East Machias
Eastport
Edmunds
Forest
Forest City
Fowler
Grand Lake Stream
Harrington
Indian Township Passamaquoddy Reservation (Indian Township)
Jonesboro
Jonesport
Kossuth
Lambert Lake
Lubec
Machias
Machiasport
Marion
Marshfield
Meddybemps
Milbridge
Northfield
Pembroke
Perry
Pleasant Point
Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy Reservation
Princeton
Robbinston
Roque Bluffs
Sakom
Steuben
T11 R3 NBPP
T18 MD BPP
T18 SD BPP
T19 ED BPP
T19 MD BPP
T24 MD BPP
T26 ED BPP
T27 ED BPP
T28 MD BPP
T30 MD BPP
T31 MD BPP
T36 MD BPP
T37 MD BPP
T42 MD BPP
T43 MD BPP
T5 ND BPP
T6 ND BPP
T6 R1 NBPP
T7 R2 NBPP
T8 R3 NBPP
T8 R4 NBPP
Talmadge
Topsfield
Trescott
Vanceboro
Waite
Wesley
Whiting
Whitneyville

Latitude: 44°51'53"N
Longitude: 67°29'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.864722222222,-67.486388888889

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Gypsum
Lepidocrocite	Linarite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Prehnite
Pumpellyite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stilbite	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline	Wollastonite	Zircon

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 As Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al O P Sn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Gypsum
Lepidocrocite Linarite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Prehnite
Pumpellyite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel
Stilbite Talc Titanite Tourmaline Wollastonite Zircon

61 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Berlinite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cuprite ()*
Datolite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Edenite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Saponite ()*
Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*
Talc ()*	Tenorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*
Zircon ()*

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	218129,218158	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	218172	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	390.71	378.71	1	218120	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	430	430	2	218153,218164	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	430	430	1	218165	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	430	430	1	218164	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	218169	2060
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	430	430	3	218153,218164,218165	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	430	430	2	218164,218165	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	430	430	2	218164,218165	11547
Berlinite ()*	Quartz	Al(PO₄)	430	378.71	0		28
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	218129	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	430	430	2	218153,218164	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	430	430	9	218117,218118,218153,218158,218161,218164,218167,218171,218172	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	430	378.71	0		5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	430	430	2	218153,218164	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	430	430	4	218153,218161,218164,218165	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	430	430	1	218164	577
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			2	218153,218161	1756
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	430	430	1	218165	2970
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)			1	218172	498
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	218176	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	430	430	2	218153,218163	9895
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	218177	160
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			4	218118,218153,218158,218167	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O			1	218129	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			2	218118,218129	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	218167	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	430	430	4	218153,218161,218164,218165	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	430	430	2	218153,218164	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	430	430	2	218161,218163	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	430	430	1	218165	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	430	430	3	218153,218164,218169	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	430	430	2	218153,218164	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	218153	1066
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	390.71	378.71	1	218116	1271
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	430	430	1	218164	581
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂			2	218139,218153	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	430	378.71	5	218116,218120,218158,218164,218169	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	430	430	3	218153,218164,218165	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	390.71	378.71	3	218120,218129,218158	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	391.56	391.56	3	218123,218129,218158	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	390.71	378.71	2	218118,218120	17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			4	218116,218121,218169,218172	1898
Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂MgAl₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O			2	218167,218172	106
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	430	430	8	218117,218118,218119,218129,218153,218158,218164,218165	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	430	430	2	218153,218164	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	218153,218161	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	430	378.71	13	218118,218120,218121,218129,218153,218158,218161,218164,218165,218169,218170,218171,218172	61156
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O			3	218141,218167,218172	301
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	390.71	378.71	1	218120	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	430	430	1	218164	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	430	430	3	218153,218164,218165	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	430	430	4	218153,218161,218164,218165	21482
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O			1	218172	268
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	218118	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	430	430	1	218165	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			3	218119,218153,218158	4899
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	218176	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			1	218153	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	390.71	378.71	2	218116,218158	5251

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
USGS-Rb-Sr-01853	390.71	378.71	384.71±6	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	whole rock		205975	Red Beach, Calais, Washington Co., Maine, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-01855	390.71	378.71	384.71±6	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	k-feldspar		205975	Red Beach, Calais, Washington Co., Maine, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-01856	390.71	378.71	384.71±6	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	plagioclase		205975	Red Beach, Calais, Washington Co., Maine, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-01868	391.56	391.56	391.56	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	whole rock		105700	Charlotte, Washington Co., Maine, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
vms-01055	430	430	Silurian				S	46375	Big Hill Mine, Pembroke, Washington Co., Maine, USA	Big Hill	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-01054	430	430	Silurian				S	30641	Dolsan Prospect (Barrett Prospect), Pembroke, Washington Co., Maine, USA	Barrett	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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