Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Upper Maple Mountain Manganese Prospect, TD R2 WELS, Aroostook Co., Maine, USA

mindat Locality ID: 7555
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7555.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Upper Maple Mountain Manganese Prospect, TD R2 WELS, Aroostook Co., Maine, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°23'43"N
Longitude: 68°1'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.395277777778,-68.031666666667

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Apatite	Braunite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	Nickeline	None	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rhodonite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chamosite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Ganophyllite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Neotocite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*
Titanite ()*

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 F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Apatite Braunite Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Garnet Mica Nickeline None Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rhodonite Spinel Stilpnomelane Titanite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	577
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Ganophyllite ()*	Clay	(K,Na)_xMn²⁺₆(Si,Al)₁₀O₂₄(OH)₄·nH₂O (x = 1-2; n = 7-11)	45
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	186
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	303
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	244
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	969
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1214
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	456
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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