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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 274.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 271.5

mindat Locality ID: 3792
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3792.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Topsham, Sagadahoc Co., Maine, USA": 50
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 50

Number of Child Localities: 50
Child Localities:
Adderton Quarry
Androscoggin Falls Locality
Biotite Crystal Prospect
Booker Quarry
Chapman Quarry
Consolidated #1 Quarry
Consolidated #2 Quarry (Purington Quarry)
Consolidated #3 Quarry
East Russel Brothers Quarry
Fisher Quarry
Garland Quarry
Given #1 Quarry
Given #2 Quarry
Graves Quarry
Gustin Quarry
Havey #1 & #2 Quarries
Highland Green
Ingalls Quarry
Leavitt Prospect
Lost Quarry
Mallet Quarry
Metcalf Quarry
Mount Ararat Quarries
North Russell Brothers Quarry
North Topsham Quarry
Ordway Quarry
Pejepscot Mill Locality
Porcupine Hill Quarry
Powers Mountain Quarries
Prout Farm Prospect
Railroad Quarry
Rumrill Quarry
Russell Brothers Quarry
Russo Quarry
Square Pit (Consolidated #4 Quarry)
Standpipe Hill Quarries
Staples Quarry
Swamp #2 Quarry
Swamp No. 1 Quarry
Trenton Quarry (Trenton Flint And Spar Quarry; G. D. Willes Quarry)
Trufant Prospect
Twin Pits Quarry
Undivided Quarry
Unnamed Prospect #1 & 2
Unnamed Prospect #3
Unnamed Prospect #4
William Willes #1 Quarry
William Willes #2 Quarry
William Willes #3 Quarry
Yedlin Locality

Latitude: 43°56'49"N
Longitude: 69°57'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.946944444444,-69.958611111111

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.

Allanite	Amorphous	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Beryl	Bismutite	Brochantite	Brookite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Meta-autunite
Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Phenakite	Phosphuranylite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore
Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rutile	Scheelite	Schoepite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tapiolite
Topaz	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 Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amorphous Apatite Arsenopyrite Autunite Beryl Bismutite Brochantite Brookite Chalcopyrite
Clay Columbite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Meta-autunite
Mica Molybdenite Monazite None Not in a structural group Olivine Phenakite Phosphuranylite Pyrite Pyrochlore
Quartz Rhabdophane Rutile Scheelite Schoepite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tapiolite
Topaz Tourmaline Zircon

57 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Annite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bismutite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Brookite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Elbaite ()*	Euclase ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Foitite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Goethite ()*	Grayite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hydroxycalciomicrolite ()*	Hydroxylherderite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Ishikawaite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*	Phenakite ()*
Phosphuranylite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schoepite ()*
Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiotantalite ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*
Thorianite ()*	Topaz ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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)	274.5	271.5	26	217884,217886,217887,217889,217890,217896,217899,217900,217901,217902,217903,217904,217905,217906,217908,217913,217915,217916,217917,217918,217919,217920,217923,217927,217929,217930	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	274.5	271.5	6	217883,217890,217916,217918,217919,217930	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	274.5	271.5	46	217881,217882,217883,217884,217885,217886,217887,217888,217889,217890,217891,217892,217893,217894,217895,217896,217898,217900,217901,217902,217903,217904,217905,217906,217908,217909,217910,217911,217912,217913,217914,217915,217916,217917,217918,217919,217920,217921,217922,217923,217924,217925,217926,217928,217929,217930	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	274	272	2	217886,217887	2162
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	274.5	271.5	24	217883,217884,217886,217887,217889,217890,217896,217899,217900,217901,217904,217906,217913,217914,217915,217916,217918,217919,217920,217922,217923,217927,217929,217930	356
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	274	272	1	217913	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	274.5	271.5	7	217883,217887,217890,217896,217900,217917,217930	1272
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	274	272	2	217890,217916	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	274.5	271.5	15	217884,217886,217887,217890,217896,217901,217907,217908,217913,217915,217916,217917,217920,217927,217930	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	274	272	3	217890,217913,217916	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	274	272	2	217913,217916	716
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	274	272	1	217890	1633
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	274	272	2	217886,217887	700
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	274	272	1	217915	27198
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	274	272	2	217908,217911	321
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	274.5	271.5	14	217886,217887,217890,217902,217903,217908,217913,217916,217917,217918,217919,217920,217927,217930	518
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	274	272	1	217890	289
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	274	272	2	217890,217920	520
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)	274.5	271.5	0		120
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	274.5	271.5	1	217930	196
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	274	272	4	217883,217890,217908,217915	2740
Foitite ()*	Tourmaline	(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	274	272	1	217890	75
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	274	272	2	217890,217917	445
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	274	272	4	217889,217904,217913,217919	7437
Grayite ()*	Rhabdophane	(Th,Pb,Ca)(PO₄)·H₂O	274	272	1	217896	17
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	274.5	271.5	2	217919,217930	14640
Hydroxycalciomicrolite ()*	Pyrochlore	Ca_1.5Ta₂O₆(OH)	274	272	1	217890	10
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)	274	272	2	217886,217890	119
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	274	272	1	217916	5433
Ishikawaite ()*	Columbite	(U,Fe,Y)NbO₄	274.5	271.5	7	217913,217916,217918,217919,217923,217929,217930	24
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	274.5	271.5	9	217886,217887,217890,217903,217904,217916,217918,217919,217930	14899
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	274.5	271.5	6	217883,217887,217890,217896,217900,217930	388
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	274	272	2	217890,217915	443
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	274.5	271.5	48	217881,217882,217884,217885,217886,217887,217888,217889,217890,217891,217892,217893,217894,217895,217896,217898,217899,217900,217901,217902,217903,217904,217905,217906,217907,217908,217909,217910,217911,217912,217913,217914,217915,217916,217917,217918,217919,217920,217921,217922,217923,217924,217925,217926,217927,217928,217929,217930	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	274	272	2	217887,217915	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	274.5	271.5	7	217886,217887,217896,217916,217918,217919,217930	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	274.5	271.5	46	217881,217882,217884,217885,217886,217887,217888,217890,217891,217892,217893,217894,217895,217896,217898,217899,217900,217901,217902,217903,217905,217906,217907,217908,217909,217910,217911,217912,217913,217914,217915,217916,217917,217918,217919,217920,217921,217922,217923,217924,217925,217926,217927,217928,217929,217930	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	274.5	271.5	4	217896,217918,217919,217930	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	274.5	271.5	3	217923,217927,217930	2994
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	274	272	1	217915	326
Phosphuranylite ()*	Phosphuranylite	KCa(H₃O)₃(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₄·8H₂O	274	272	3	217887,217900,217917	182
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	274	272	3	217916,217918,217919	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	274.5	271.5	49	217881,217882,217883,217884,217885,217886,217887,217888,217889,217890,217891,217892,217893,217894,217895,217896,217898,217899,217900,217901,217902,217903,217904,217905,217906,217907,217908,217909,217910,217911,217912,217913,217914,217915,217916,217917,217918,217919,217920,217921,217922,217923,217924,217925,217926,217927,217928,217929,217930	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	274	272	2	217886,217887	5614
Schoepite ()*	Schoepite	(UO₂)₄O(OH)₆(H₂O)₆	274	272	2	217887,217917	94
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	274	272	5	217886,217903,217908,217913,217915	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	274	272	1	217917	21482
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄	274	272	1	217890	53
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	274	272	1	217890	211
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	274	272	1	217890	88
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	274	272	1	217896	236
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	274	272	1	217890	1476
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	274	272	3	217890,217915,217917	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	274	272	8	217886,217890,217905,217913,217916,217917,217918,217919	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	274	272	1	217917	890
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	274.5	271.5	3	217896,217900,217930	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	274	272	9	217887,217890,217896,217900,217913,217915,217917,217918,217919	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Alexandra-0188	274.5	271.5	273 ± 1.5	U-Pb	Age of pegmatite	monazite	3792	Topsham, Sagadahoc Co., Maine, USA	Topsham	Bradley et al. (2016)	10.3749/canmin.1600035	CM54_945
Bradley_2012_091	274	272	273±1	U/Pb		monazite	5949	Standpipe Hill Quarries, Topsham, Sagadahoc Co., Maine, USA	Topsham - E Standpipe	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183
Alexandra-0196	274.5	271.5	273 ± 1.5		Age of pegmatite	monazite	5950	Yedlin Locality, Topsham, Sagadahoc Co., Maine, USA	Yedlin	Bradley et al. (2016)	10.3749/canmin.1600035	CM54_945

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070747	Topsham, Sagadahoc Co., Maine, USA	https://rruff.info/R070747
R070496	Standpipe Hill Quarries, Topsham, Sagadahoc Co., Maine, USA	https://rruff.info/R070496

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

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