Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
West Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24086
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24086.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
A.C. Perham Quarry
Cobble Hill Locality
Cobble Hill Quarry (George Howe Prospect)
Immonen Ledge #1 Quarry
Ski Pike Quarry

Latitude: 44°17'41"N
Longitude: 70°33'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.294722222222,-70.565277777778

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.

Analcime	Apatite	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Diaspore	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Garnet
Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perhamite	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel	Tourmaline
Vivianite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Annite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Cookeite ()*	Elbaite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hydroxylherderite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Perhamite ()*	Pollucite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Vivianite ()*
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 B Be C Ca Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Na O P S Si Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Beryl Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Diaspore Feldspar Gadolinite Garnet
Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Perhamite Pyrite Quartz Spinel Tourmaline
Vivianite Zircon

26 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)	3	217566,217568,217570	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	217566,217569	2353
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	217566	356
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	217570	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	3	217566,217569,217570	4286
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	217566	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	217566	577
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	3	217566,217567,217568	321
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	1	217570	181
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	217570	520
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	217566	2740
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	2	217567,217568	445
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	217566	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	217566	2812
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)	1	217570	119
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	217566	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	5	217566,217567,217568,217569,217570	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	217566,217567,217569,217570	17380
Perhamite ()*	Perhamite	Ca₃Al_7.7Si₃P₄O_23.5(OH)_14.1·8H₂O	1	217570	19
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	1	217568	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	217566	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	217566	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	217566,217567,217568,217569,217570	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	217566	2705
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	217566	636
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	3	217566,217567,217568	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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