Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mount Mica Quarry (Mount Mica Mine), Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 293
Youngest recorded age at locality: 260

mindat Locality ID: 3784
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3784.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Mica Quarry (Mount Mica Mine), Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°16'9"N
Longitude: 70°28'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.269166666667,-70.473055555556

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Analcime	Apatite	Arseniosiderite	Autunite	Beraunite	Beryl	Calcite	Childrenite
Chlorite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Diaspore	Fairfieldite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Hureaulite
Jahnsite	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Laueite	Meta-autunite	Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Phosphosiderite	Phosphuranylite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Roscherite	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stewartite
Strunzite	Tourmaline	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 B Be C Ca Ce Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sn Sr Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Be C Ca Ce Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sn Sr Ti U Y Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Analcime Apatite Arseniosiderite Autunite Beraunite Beryl Calcite Childrenite
Chlorite Clay Columbite Corundum Diaspore Fairfieldite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Hureaulite
Jahnsite Kaolinite Löllingite Laueite Meta-autunite Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group Olivine
Phosphosiderite Phosphuranylite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Roscherite Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stewartite
Strunzite Tourmaline Zircon

63 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Annite ()*	Autunite ()*	Beraunite ()*
Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Cookeite ()*
Crandallite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Eosphorite ()*	Fairfieldite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Foitite ()*	Glucine ()*	Goethite ()*	Goyazite ()*	Graphite ()*
Greifensteinite ()*	Halloysite-7Å ()*	Hematite ()*	Heterosite ()*	Hureaulite ()*
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kosnarite ()*	Laueite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Mccrillisite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Microcline ()*
Mitridatite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Moraesite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Petalite ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphuranylite ()*
Pollucite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rossmanite ()*
Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spodumene ()*	Stewartite ()*	Strunzite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Triphylite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	293	260	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	293	260	2353
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	293	260	356
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	293	260	1272
Beraunite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O	293	260	136
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	293	293	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	293	293	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	293	260	5171
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	293	260	289
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	293	260	181
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	293	260	310
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	293	260	520
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	293	260	128
Fairfieldite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Mn²⁺(PO₄)₂·2H₂O	293	260	72
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	293	260	2740
Foitite ()*	Tourmaline	(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	293	260	75
Glucine ()*	None	CaBe₄(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·0.5H₂O	293	293	2
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	293	260	7437
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	293	260	173
Graphite ()*	None	C	293	260	2812
Greifensteinite ()*	Roscherite	Ca₂Be₄Fe²⁺₅(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·6H₂O	293	293	27
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	293	260	52
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	293	260	14640
Heterosite ()*	Olivine	Fe³⁺(PO₄)	293	260	204
Hureaulite ()*	Hureaulite	Mn²⁺₅(PO₃OH)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	293	260	125
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	293	260	367
Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) ()*	Jahnsite	CaMn²⁺Mn²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₄(OH)₂·8H₂O	293	260	18
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	293	260	5591
Kosnarite ()*	None	KZr₂(PO₄)₃	293	260	7
Laueite ()*	Laueite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	293	260	70
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	293	260	762
Mccrillisite ()*	None	NaCs(Be,Li)Zr₂(PO₄)₄·1-2H₂O	293	293	1
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	293	260	388
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	293	260	443
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	293	260	4924
Mitridatite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O	293	260	129
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	293	260	945
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	293	260	200
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	293	260	1508
Moraesite ()*	None	Be₂(PO₄)(OH)·4H₂O	293	293	35
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	264	260	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	293	260	2994
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	293	260	124
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	293	260	182
Phosphuranylite ()*	Phosphuranylite	KCa(H₃O)₃(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₄·8H₂O	293	260	182
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	293	260	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	293	260	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	293	260	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	293	260	1711
Rossmanite ()*	Tourmaline	(Al₂Li)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	293	260	37
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	293	260	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	293	260	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	293	260	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	293	260	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	293	260	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	293	260	688
Stewartite ()*	Stewartite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	293	260	48
Strunzite ()*	Strunzite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O	293	260	98
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	293	260	1059
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	293	260	313
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	293	260	2718
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	293	260	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	293	260	5251

4 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	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
Be-00026	293	293	293			high			Yes		Gainesite	Be	5940	Nevel Quarry (Twin Tunnels; United Feldspar Quarry), Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA		Wise and Brown (2010)	10.3190/jgeosci.061	JG55_3
Alexandra-0187	264	260	264–260	Ar-Ar	Age of pegmatite		muscovite	11Dw304a, 11Dw305a		Muscovite			3784	Mount Mica Quarry (Mount Mica Mine), Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA	Mount Mica	Bradley et al. (2016)	10.3749/canmin.1600035	CM54_945
Be-00022	293	293	293			high					Mccrillisite	Be	3784	Mount Mica Quarry (Mount Mica Mine), Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA		Wise and Brown (2010)	10.3190/jgeosci.061	JG55_3
Grew_Li_2019_0068	262	262	262								Mccrillisite		3784	Mount Mica Quarry (Mount Mica Mine), Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA	Mount Mica quarry, South Paris, Oxford County, Maine, U.S.A.	Bradley et al. (2016)	10.3749/canmin.1600035	CM54_945

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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