Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 30139
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30139.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Orford, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Archertown Brook Occurrences
Blackberry Hill
Cottonstone Mountain
Cottonstone Mountain Mine
Cube Mountain (Cuba Mountain)
Eastman Ledges
Northey Hill Line Occurrences
Orford Soapstone Quarries
Strawberry Hill
Woodford Mica Mine

Latitude: 43°53'42"N
Longitude: 72°5'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.895,-72.084166666667

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Chloritoid	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Feldspar	Garnet	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Staurolite	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chamosite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Dravite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Malachite ()*	Margarite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Talc ()*	Tenorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu Fe H O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Chloritoid Clay Copper Corundum
Feldspar Garnet Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Staurolite Talc Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4	242398,242400,242404,242405	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	6	242398,242400,242402,242404,242405,242408	2353
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	242402,242403	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	242402	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	242402	577
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	4	242398,242400,242404,242405	376
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	0		3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	4	242398,242400,242404,242405	1008
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	242406	648
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	242398,242404	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	242402	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	5	242398,242400,242402,242404,242405	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	242402	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	242400,242404,242405	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	6	242398,242400,242401,242402,242404,242405	1507
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	1	242404	168
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	242405	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	242398,242400,242404,242408	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	242402,242404	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	242398,242402	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	242398,242400,242402,242403,242404,242405,242408	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	242398,242403,242404	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	242408	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	4	242398,242400,242404,242405	1516
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	6	242398,242399,242400,242404,242405,242407	978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	242402,242406	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	0		1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	242398,242404	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	242401	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	4	242398,242400,242404,242405	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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