Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Phippsburg, Sagadahoc Co., Maine, USA

mindat Locality ID: 23756
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23756.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Phippsburg, Sagadahoc Co., Maine, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Basin Locality
Basin Vesuvianite Locality
Colby Farm Lime-Marble Quarry
Denny Reed Point Locality
E. P. Thomas Quarry
Fuller Mountain Quarry
McKay Farm Prospect
Mount Arat Prospect
Parker Head
Parker Head Quarry
Perry Quarry
Phippsburg Quartz Crystal Locality
Robbins Quarry
Rogers Quarry
Sebasco Flagstone Quarry
Small Point

Latitude: 43°48'50"N
Longitude: 69°50'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.813888888889,-69.838055555556

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.

Andalusite	Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Garnet	Lazulite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scapolite
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Beryl ()*
Calcite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Cordierite ()*	Diopside ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Grossular ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Lazulite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Meionite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
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 B Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P Pb S Si Ti U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H Mg O P Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Apatite Beryl Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Garnet Lazulite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scapolite
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Tourmaline Vesuvianite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	217868,217872	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	4	217867,217868,217869,217872	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	217878	1310
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	217864	1036
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	7	217867,217868,217869,217871,217872,217875,217876	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	217863,217864,217865	27770
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	217863,217864	1025
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	217875	518
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	217878	1008
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	217863,217865	4135
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	3	217863,217867,217872	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	217870	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	3	217863,217864,217865	1544
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	217872,217878	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	0		1271
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	0		232
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	217872	14899
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	1	217863	176
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	217867	443
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	8	217867,217868,217869,217871,217872,217873,217875,217876	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	9	217867,217868,217869,217871,217872,217873,217875,217876,217878	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	217863,217870	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	14	217863,217864,217866,217867,217868,217869,217870,217871,217872,217873,217875,217876,217877,217878	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	217863	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	4	217867,217868,217869,217872	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	217878	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	217870	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	217863,217864	4899
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	217867	1059
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	217867	890
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	217864	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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