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Locality Name:
Red Hill Quarries, Rumford, Oxford Co., Maine, USA


mindat Locality ID: 3791
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3791.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Red Hill Quarries, Rumford, Oxford 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
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Be C Ca F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P S Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C Ca F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P S Si U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousApatiteBerauniteBerylCalciteChildreniteClayColumbiteFeldsparFluorite
JahnsiteMicaNoneOlivinePhosphophyllitePyriteQuartzRockbridgeiteStrunziteVivianite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Beraunite  (*)Beryl  (*)Childrenite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)
Diadochite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Heterosite  (*)Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)  (*)
Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phosphophyllite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rockbridgeite  (*)Siderite  (*)Strunzite  (*)Triphylite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O0136
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O093
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O60518
Diadochite  (*)AmorphousFe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O081
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O0128
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)0204
Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Fe2+2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O027
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Phosphophyllite  (*)PhosphophylliteZn2Fe2+(PO4)2·4H2O029
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)50206
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O098
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)0313
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636


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