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Locality Name:
Hanover, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA


mindat Locality ID: 9342
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9342.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hanover, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
College Park Locality
Etna Highlands
Moose Mountain Quartz Crystal Locality
Rutilated Quartz Locality
Unnamed Copper Mine
Unnamed Granite Quarry

Latitude: 43°42'8"N
Longitude: 72°17'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.702222222222,-72.289444444444

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparGarnetMicaNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutile

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312422922353
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124229027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124229627198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO401507
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2242294,2422974924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)24242292,242294,242296,24229717380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23242292,242294,24229639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812422969056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27242290,242292,242293,242294,242295,242296,24229761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212422955614
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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