Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Waldo Co., Maine, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 650
Youngest recorded age at locality: 644

mindat Locality ID: 33716
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33716.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Waldo Co., Maine, USA": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 26
Child Localities:
Belfast
Belmont
Brooks
Burnham
Frankfort
Freedom
Islesboro
Jackson
Knox
Liberty
Lincolnville
Monroe
Montville
Morrill
Northport
Palermo
Prospect
Searsmont
Searsport
Stockton Springs
Swanville
Thorndike
Troy
Unity
Waldo
Winterport

Latitude: 44°30'21"N
Longitude: 69°5'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.505833333333,-69.084722222222

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	None	Quartz	Spinel
Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Clino-suenoite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Grunerite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Quartz ()*	Titanite ()*	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 Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar None Quartz Spinel
Titanite Zircon

13 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	218081	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	218081	706
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	218093	9052
Clino-suenoite ()*	Amphibole	Mn²⁺₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	218097	57
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	218093	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	218081	2740
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	218095	223
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	218081	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	218081	4924
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	218087	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	218095	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	218081	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	218081	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_001	650	644	647±3	U/Pb			zircon				Zircon			237555	Islesboro, Waldo Co., Maine, USA	Spruce Island	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

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