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Locality Name:
Russell Brothers Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc Co., Maine, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 274
Youngest recorded age at locality: 272

mindat Locality ID: 6582
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6582.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Russell Brothers Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc Co., Maine, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Latitude: 43°55'17"N
Longitude: 69°58'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.921388888889,-69.981388888889

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.

Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Bismutite	Clay	Columbite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Mica
None	Quartz	Stibnite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Annite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Goethite ()*	Ishikawaite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Uraninite ()*
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 Bi C Fe H K Na Nb O S Si U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Be Bi C Fe H K Na Nb O S Si U Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Beryl Bismutite Clay Columbite Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Mica
None Quartz Stibnite Tourmaline Zircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	274	272	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	274	272	2353
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	274	272	356
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	274	272	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	274	272	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	274	272	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	274	272	716
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	274	272	518
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	274	272	7437
Ishikawaite ()*	Columbite	(U,Fe,Y)NbO₄	274	272	24
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	274	272	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	274	272	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	274	272	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	274	272	2705
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	274	272	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	274	272	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
	Bradley_2012_091	274	272	273±1	U/Pb			monazite			Yes				5949	Standpipe Hill Quarries, Topsham, Sagadahoc Co., Maine, USA	Topsham - E Standpipe	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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