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Locality Name:
Wakefield, Carroll Co., New Hampshire, USA


mindat Locality ID: 20616
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20616.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wakefield, Carroll Co., New Hampshire, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ham And Weeks Mine (Weeks Feldspar Quarry; Ham-Weeks Pegmatite)
Mineral Hill Mine
Route 16 Road Cut

Latitude: 43°40'19"N
Longitude: 71°'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.671944444444,-71.008055555556

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 As B Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ce O P Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaddeleyiteBaryteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClay
ColumbiteCoronaditeCovelliteDiasporeFeldsparFluoriteGarnetLinariteMalachiteMica
MolybdeniteMonaziteNoneOlivinePhenakitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelTourmalineZircon

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysoberyl  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Phenakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Schorl  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2241880,2418828803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312418802353
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12418812734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12418819052
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO21241880238
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812418804286
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412418815516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124188127770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12418814979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22241880,24188127198
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O41241880321
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O61241880518
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O61241880289
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O161241881227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12418814165
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12418802740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212418809617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS124188124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12418817437
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)612418811066
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21241881987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4124188014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22241880,24188112537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12418804924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212418805800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)0945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22241880,24188117380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12418802994
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)1241880326
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22241880,24188139462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12418811725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23241880,241881,24188261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O81241880353
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12418822705
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12418812473
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)312418801214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124188121482
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO212418802718
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO412418811655
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12418805251



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