Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Catheart Mountain Locality, Bradstreet, Somerset Co., Maine, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 443
Youngest recorded age at locality: 443

mindat Locality ID: 7378
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7378.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Catheart Mountain Locality, Bradstreet, Somerset Co., Maine, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°32'9"N
Longitude: 70°13'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.535833333333,-70.216666666667

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Sphalerite	Stannite

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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz
Sphalerite Stannite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	443	443	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	443	443	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	443	443	8173
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	443	443	5591
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	443	443	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	443	443	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	443	443	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	443	443	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	443	443	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	443	443	668

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
	PorphCu-00023	443	443	443									Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stannite	Cu	7378	Catheart Mountain Locality, Bradstreet, Somerset Co., Maine, USA	Catheart Mt.	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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