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Locality Name:
B.B. No. 7 Quarry, Norway, Oxford Co., Maine, USA


mindat Locality ID: 6335
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6335.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "B.B. No. 7 Quarry, Norway, Oxford Co., Maine, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°16'13"N
Longitude: 70°37'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.270277777778,-70.623055555556
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 B Be C Ca Cs F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Si Sn U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be C Ca Cs F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Si Sn U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeApatiteAutuniteBerylCalciteChildreniteChloriteClayColumbiteDumortierite
FairfielditeFeldsparGadoliniteGarnetMeta-autuniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyroxene
QuartzRutileSmectite-vermiculiteStrunziteTourmalineVivianite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Autunite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Cookeite  (*)Dumortierite  (*)
Elbaite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)Fairfieldite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Heterosite  (*)
Hydroxylapatite  (*)Hydroxylherderite  (*)Lithiophilite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metaswitzerite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pollucite  (*)Purpurite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Spodumene  (*)Strunzite  (*)Switzerite  (*)Triphylite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Vivianite  (*)
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
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O01272
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)20606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O60289
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)80181
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O180231
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
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)0204
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH0367
Hydroxylherderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)(OH)0119
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)0155
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O0388
Metaswitzerite  (*)NoneMn2+3(PO4)2·4H2O022
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pollucite  (*)AnalcimeCs(Si2Al)O6·nH2O0140
Purpurite  (*)OlivineMn3+(PO4)080
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O60688
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O098
Switzerite  (*)NoneMn2+3(PO4)2·7H2O021
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)0313
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O0890
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636


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