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Locality Name:
Nottingham, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 121
Youngest recorded age at locality: 121

mindat Locality ID: 132969
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132969.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nottingham, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Beaver Dam Pegmatite Locality
Mount Pawtuckaway
Pawtuckaway River Gravel Pit

Latitude: 43°7'13"N
Longitude: 71°11'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.120277777778,-71.196944444444

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 Be Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBerylClayDiasporeFeldsparMicaNickelineNoneOlivinePyroxene
QuartzSpinelTourmaline

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Beryl  (*)Fayalite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12112112426738803
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)12112112426731036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612112112426732060
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812426724286
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)1211211242673371
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12426747437
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21211211242673209
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O41211211242673407
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4121121124267314899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2124267217380
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812112112426739056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21211213242672,242673,24267461156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12426722705



1 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
AREPS5_257-00022121121121        30115Mount Pawtuckaway, Nottingham, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire, USAMount PawtuckawayZartman (1977)10.1146/annurev.ea.05.050177.001353AREPS5_257 


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