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Locality Name:
Dennis Hill Albitite, Litchfield, Kennebec Co., Maine, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 238
Youngest recorded age at locality: 238

mindat Locality ID: 6051
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6051.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dennis Hill Albitite, Litchfield, Kennebec Co., Maine, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°11'47"N
Longitude: 69°55'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.196388888889,-69.925833333333

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	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica
None	Olivine	Pyrite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Corundum ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Schorl ()*	Titanite ()*	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 Ca Ce F Fe H K Na O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Be Ca Ce F Fe H K Na O P S Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Apatite Arsenopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Mica
None Olivine Pyrite Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	238	238	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	238	238	706
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	238	238	9052
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	238	238	321
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	238	238	1025
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	238	238	1797
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	238	238	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	238	238	9617
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	238	238	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	238	238	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	238	238	39462
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	238	238	2705
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	238	238	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	238	238	5251

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
	AREPS5_257-00003	238	238	238							Yes				31680	Litchfield, Kennebec Co., Maine, USA	Litchfield	Zartman (1977)	10.1146/annurev.ea.05.050177.001353	AREPS5_257

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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