Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chute Prospect, Casco, Cumberland Co., Maine, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 265
Youngest recorded age at locality: 263

mindat Locality ID: 6043
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6043.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chute Prospect, Casco, Cumberland 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	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Scapolite	Titanite	Vesuvianite

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 C Ca F Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet None Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Scapolite Titanite Vesuvianite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Diopside ()*
Fluorite ()*	Grossular ()*	Meionite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	265	263	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	265	263	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	265	263	27770
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	265	263	1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	265	263	4135
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	265	263	9617
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	265	263	1544
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	265	263	176
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	265	263	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	265	263	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	265	263	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	265	263	1395

1 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
	Bradley_2012_092	265	263	264±1	U/Pb			zircon			Yes	Zircon			237377	Sebago, Cumberland Co., Maine, USA	Mt. Mica (Irish Pit)	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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