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Locality Name:
Surry, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 448
Youngest recorded age at locality: 426

mindat Locality ID: 28186
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28186.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Surry, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Mine Ledge
Surry Mountain Mine

Latitude: 43°1'4"N
Longitude: 72°19'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.017777777778,-72.321111111111
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumDiasporeKaoliniteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksalt

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dickite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Romanèchite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)244842612419935509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS444842612419935516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)448426124199327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2448426124199327198
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)44484261241992651
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS448426124199324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)44842612419927437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3448426124199214640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2448426124199312537
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O44842612419922994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2448426124199339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2448426124199261156
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O104484261241992312


6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01454_206_238434434434206_238 zircon   Zircon  28186Surry, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01454_207_206448448448207_206 zircon   Zircon  28186Surry, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01454_207_235436436436207_235 zircon   Zircon  28186Surry, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01455_206_238426426426206_238 zircon   Zircon  28186Surry, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01455_207_206447447447207_206 zircon   Zircon  28186Surry, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01455_207_235430430430207_235 zircon   Zircon  28186Surry, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 

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