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


mindat Locality ID: 14520
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14520.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lyman, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Bedell Mine
Davis & Thayer Property (Wiggin & Davis)
Dodge Gold Mine
Little May Mine
Miller Adit
New England Mining & Reduction Comp. Prospect (Cook & Brown)
Paddock Copper Mine
Paddock Lead Mine
Titus Farm Mine (Redskin Mine)

Latitude: 44°15'16"N
Longitude: 71°57'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.254444444444,-71.95

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayCopperFeldsparMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteZircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12423718803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)24242368,242369,242372,2423733092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12423699052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124237327198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212423699895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS7242367,242368,242369,242370,242373,242374,24237524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu4242367,242368,242369,24237530554
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)5242369,242370,242372,242373,2423744924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212423695800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)25242370,242371,242372,242373,24237417380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS27242368,242369,242370,242371,242372,242373,24237439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812423739056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO28242367,242368,242369,242370,242371,242372,242373,24237461156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3242370,242373,24237421482
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12423695251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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