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


mindat Locality ID: 72520
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-72520.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lyme, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Grafton Turnpike
Holts Ledge
White Cow Hill

Latitude: 43°48'37"N
Longitude: 72°9'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.810277777778,-72.156111111111

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 B Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayDiasporeFeldsparMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSpinelStibniteTourmaline

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S312423791935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124237927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)80577
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1242379345
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12423787437
Graphite  (*)NoneC12423802812
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO412423801507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4124237914899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212423795800
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1242379494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124237939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23242378,242379,24238061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22242378,2423795614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12423794894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473



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