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Locality Name:
Ryerson Hill Quarries, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA


mindat Locality ID: 6101
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6101.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ryerson Hill Quarries, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°17'44"N
Longitude: 70°28'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.295555555556,-70.466944444444
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P S Si U Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Be C Ca F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P S Si U Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousApatiteArseniosideriteArsenopyriteArthuriteAutuniteBerauniteBerylCalciteChildrenite
ChloriteClayColumbiteFairfielditeFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnetGypsumHureaulite
JahnsiteLöllingiteLaueiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePhosphophyllitePhosphosiderite
PyriteQuartzRockbridgeiteSphaleriteStewartiteStrunziteTourmalineVivianiteZircon

52 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augelite  (*)Autunite  (*)
Beraunite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)
Cookeite  (*)Diadochite  (*)Earlshannonite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)
Fairfieldite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Heterosite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)
Hydroxylapatite  (*)Hydroxylherderite  (*)Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)  (*)Laueite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Ludlamite  (*)Messelite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Montebrasite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Phosphophyllite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stewartite  (*)Strunzite  (*)
Switzerite  (*)Triphylite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Whitmoreite  (*)
Xanthoxenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Augelite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)(OH)3079
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O01272
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O0136
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)20606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O60518
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)80181
Diadochite  (*)AmorphousFe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O081
Earlshannonite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O012
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)0520
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O0128
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O072
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)0204
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O0125
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH0367
Hydroxylherderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)(OH)0119
Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Fe2+2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O027
Laueite  (*)LaueiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O070
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs20762
Ludlamite  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)2·4H2O066
Messelite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Fe2+(PO4)2·2H2O043
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O0129
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)0200
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Phosphophyllite  (*)PhosphophylliteZn2Fe2+(PO4)2·4H2O029
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS0712
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)50206
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stewartite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O048
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O098
Switzerite  (*)NoneMn2+3(PO4)2·7H2O021
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)0313
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636
Whitmoreite  (*)ArthuriteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O036
Xanthoxenite  (*)NoneCa4Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·3H2O029
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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