Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Black Hawk Mine, Blue Hill, Hancock Co., Maine, USA

mindat Locality ID: 46192
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46192.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Hawk Mine, Blue Hill, Hancock Co., Maine, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Beryl	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Feldspar	Gadolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rutile
Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline	Wagnerite

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*
Datolite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dravite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Gold ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*
Wagnerite ()*

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 Au B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Beryl Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum
Feldspar Gadolinite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rutile
Sphalerite Spinel Talc Titanite Tourmaline Wagnerite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	718
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1089
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1797
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	498
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	648
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	445
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Wagnerite ()*	Wagnerite	Mg₂(PO₄)F	61

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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