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Locality Name:
Ore Hill, Sugar Hill, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA


mindat Locality ID: 132980
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132980.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ore Hill, Sugar Hill, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Franconia Iron Mine (Franconia Mine)
Ore Hill Epidote Localities

Latitude: 44°11'58"N
Longitude: 71°47'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.199444444444,-71.791388888889
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 Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
GarnetMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyriteQuartzScheelite
SpinelStaurolite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Epidote  (*)
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
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)212424313419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12424318803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)32242431,2424322353
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312424311534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12424319052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212424315509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124243127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124243127198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)822424311756
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2242431,2424328173
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)21242431271
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312424315433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO412424311507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4124243114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124243112537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212424315800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22242431,24243217380
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)212424311898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22242431,24243239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22242431,24243261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12424314894
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1242431978
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212424312562
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12424311025


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