Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Slattery Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 267.94
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 3805
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3805.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Slattery Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°15'37"N
Longitude: 70°28'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.260277777778,-70.481111111111

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.

Beryl	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Tourmaline

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 Fe H K Na Nb O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Fe H K Na Nb O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Columbite Feldspar Mica None Not in a structural group Quartz Tourmaline

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	267.94	0	8803
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	267.94	0	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	267.94	0	4286
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	267.94	0	518
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	267.94	0	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	267.94	257.94	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	267.94	0	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	267.94	0	2705

2 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	Run 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	Age Notes
	USGS-Rb-Sr-00964	5	0	0±5	Rb-Sr	initial age disturbed by later metamorphism		biotite							3805	Slattery Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr
	USGS-Rb-Sr-00965	267.94	257.94	262.94±5	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion		muscovite				Muscovite			3805	Slattery Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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