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Locality Name:
Francestown, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire, USA


mindat Locality ID: 30118
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30118.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Crotched Mountain
Francestown Soapstone Quarry

Latitude: 42°59'54"N
Longitude: 71°52'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.998333333333,-71.873611111111
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 C Ca Fe H K Mg O S Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteChloriteClayKaoliniteMicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartz
Talc

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Graphite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212424873419
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12424879052
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Graphite  (*)NoneC12424862812
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)212424872273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124248739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812424879056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2124248761156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212424873337


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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