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Locality Name:
Maine Feldspar Quarry, East Mount Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3786
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3786.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maine Feldspar Quarry, East Mount Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°5'16"N
Longitude: 70°17'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.087777777778,-70.291388888889

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Apatite	Arrojadite	Arseniosiderite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Beryl	Calcite	Childrenite
Chlorite	Clay	Columbite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Löllingite
Meta-autunite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Reddingite	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Strunzite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Triplite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Annite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*
Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Cookeite ()*
Diadochite ()*	Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) ()*	Elbaite ()*	Eosphorite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Gahnite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hydroxylherderite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Landesite ()*
Lithiophilite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Ludlamite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*
Metatorbernite ()*	Microcline ()*	Mitridatite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montebrasite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pollucite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Strunzite ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Topaz ()*
Torbernite ()*	Triplite ()*	Uraninite ()*	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 B Be C Ca Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Si Sn Ta U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Be C Ca Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Si Sn Ta U Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Apatite Arrojadite Arseniosiderite Arsenopyrite Autunite Beryl Calcite Childrenite
Chlorite Clay Columbite Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Kaolinite Löllingite
Meta-autunite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Reddingite Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Strunzite Topaz Tourmaline Triplite Zircon

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	356
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1272
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	289
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	181
Diadochite ()*	Amorphous	Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)·6H₂O	81
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) ()*	Arrojadite	K(NaMn)CaNa₃AlMn₁₃(PO₄)₁₂(OH)₂	26
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	520
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	128
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	445
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)	119
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Landesite ()*	Reddingite	Mn²⁺₉Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₈(OH)₃·9H₂O	14
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	155
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	762
Ludlamite ()*	None	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	66
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	388
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	443
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Mitridatite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O	129
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	200
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	688
Strunzite ()*	Strunzite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O	98
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	211
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1476
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1059
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	233
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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