Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cape Neddick, York, York Co., Maine, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 116
Youngest recorded age at locality: 116

mindat Locality ID: 192750
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192750.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cape Neddick, York, York Co., Maine, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Beryl	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica	Nickeline
None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel

Albite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Cordierite ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*

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 F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Mica Nickeline
None Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Serpentine Spinel

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	116	116	8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	116	116	1036
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	116	116	708
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	116	116	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	116	116	27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	116	116	1756
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	116	116	1008
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	116	116	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	116	116	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	116	116	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	116	116	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	116	116	1188
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	116	116	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	116	116	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	116	116	2349
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	116	116	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	116	116	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	116	116	5614

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
	AREPS5_257-00025	116	116	116											192750	Cape Neddick, York, York Co., Maine, USA	Cape Neddick	Zartman (1977)	10.1146/annurev.ea.05.050177.001353	AREPS5_257

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