Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Lubec Lead Mine (Solomon Thayer Mine), Lubec, Washington Co., Maine, USA

mindat Locality ID: 6068
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6068.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lubec Lead Mine (Solomon Thayer Mine), Lubec, Washington Co., Maine, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°50'23"N
Longitude: 67°3'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.839722222222,-67.0525

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore
Epidote	Linarite	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Titanite

Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Linarite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore
Epidote Linarite Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite
Sphalerite Titanite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1066
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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