Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lubec, Washington Co., Maine, USA

mindat Locality ID: 229385
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229385.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lubec, Washington Co., Maine, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Lubec Lead Mine (Solomon Thayer Mine)

Latitude: 44°50'22"N
Longitude: 67°3'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.839444444444,-67.052222222222

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore
Epidote	Linarite	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Titanite

Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Linarite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore
Epidote Linarite Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite
Sphalerite Titanite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	218153	2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	218153	919
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	218153	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	218153	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	218153	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	218153	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	218153	1756
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	218153	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	218153	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	218153	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	218153	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	218153	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	218153	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	218153	1066
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	218153	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	218153	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	218153	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	218153	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	218153	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	218153	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	218153	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	218153	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	218153	4899
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	218153	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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