Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
D Township, Franklin Co., Maine, USA

mindat Locality ID: 229127
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229127.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "D Township, Franklin Co., Maine, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bemis Stream Prospect
Brimstone Mtn Mine

Latitude: 44°47'29"N
Longitude: 70°41'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.791388888889,-70.6925

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.

Analcime	Apatite	Beryl	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Tapiolite	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*
Elbaite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Microcline ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spodumene ()*	Tapiolite-(Mn) ()*	Wodginite ()*

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 Ca Cs F H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sn Ta Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Beryl Clay Columbite Feldspar Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group
Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Tapiolite Tourmaline

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	216917	8803
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	216917	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	216917,216918	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	216917	5171
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	216917	289
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	216917	520
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	216917	2740
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	216917	4924
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	1	216917	200
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	216917	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	216917	17380
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	1	216917	140
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	216917,216918	61156
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	216917	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	216917	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2	216917,216918	688
Tapiolite-(Mn) ()*	Tapiolite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	216917	2
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	1	216917	78

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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