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Locality Name:
Pownal, Cumberland Co., Maine, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 265
Youngest recorded age at locality: 263

mindat Locality ID: 23851
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23851.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pownal, Cumberland Co., Maine, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bradbury Mountain State Park Locality
Hinkley Prospect
Knight's Ledge Granite Quarries (Schoolhouse Ledge Quarries)
Pownal Granite Quarry
Tash Ledge Locality
Tryon Farm Prospect
Tryon Mountain Quarries

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Be Ca Ce F Fe H K Na Nb O P S Si U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAutuniteBerylClayColumbiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMeta-autuniteMica
MonaziteNonePyriteQuartzSpinelTourmalineZircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Autunite  (*)Beryl  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Microcline  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2652632216868,2168738803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)326526312168732353
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O26526312168731272
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1826526312168734286
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O62652632216871,216873518
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F26526312168702740
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4265263121687014899
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O2652631216873388
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2652637216867,216868,216869,216870,216871,216872,2168734924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)2652632216868,216873945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22652637216867,216868,216869,216870,216871,216872,21687317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2265263121687339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22652637216867,216868,216869,216870,216871,216872,21687361156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2652633216867,216872,2168732705
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22652632216868,2168732718
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2652632216870,2168735251



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_092265263264±1U/Pb zircon  YesZircon  237377Sebago, Cumberland Co., Maine, USAMt. Mica (Irish Pit)McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 


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