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Locality Name:
Alstead, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, USA

mindat Locality ID: 14521
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14521.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alstead, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, USA": 37
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 37

Number of Child Localities: 37
Child Localities:
Alice Mica Quarry
Allen Quarry (Allen Feldspar Quarry; Allen Mine; Allan Mine)
Beauregard Mine (Boynton Mine)
Big Mine (Davis Mine; Gilsum & Bowers Mine; Golding-Keene Mine; Rhoda Mine; Tripp No. 2 Mine; Victory Mine)
Blister Mine
Britton Quarry
Burrough's Prospect
Clark Mine
Cobb Hill Quarry
Colony Quarry
Craig Quarry
Davidson Farm Pegmatite
DeMott Quarry
Douglass Mine
Eames Quarry
Ed Clark Quarry
Fitzgibbons Mine (Fitzgibbon Mine; Parson Mine)
French Mine (New Hampshire Mica And Mining Co. Mine)
French No. 2 Mine (French King No. 2 Mine)
Gates Quarry
George Porter Quarry
Goodhue Quarry
Island Mine
Kidder Quarry
Kimball Quarry
Lakin Prospect
Lyman Quarry (Alstead Quarry; Granite State Quarry)
Mill Hollow
Osborne Quarry
Porter Brothers Quarry
Provencher Quarry
Ryan Quarry
Smith Hill Quarry
Surry Dam Prospect
Tripp No. 1 Mine
Wheeler Prospects (Wheeler Quarry)
Whitehall Quarry

Latitude: 43°6'39"N
Longitude: 72°17'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.110833333333,-72.285

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Arseniosiderite	Arthurite	Autunite	Beraunite	Beryl	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Diaspore	Fairfieldite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Graftonite	Kaolinite
Meta-autunite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Phosphosiderite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rockbridgeite	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Staurolite	Strunzite	Tourmaline	Vivianite	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 Be Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Si Ta Ti U W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Mo O Si Ti U W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Arseniosiderite Arthurite Autunite Beraunite Beryl Chalcopyrite
Clay Columbite Corundum Diaspore Fairfieldite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Graftonite Kaolinite
Meta-autunite Mica Molybdenite Monazite None Not in a structural group Olivine Phosphosiderite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rockbridgeite Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Staurolite Strunzite Tourmaline Vivianite Zircon

51 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*	Annite ()*
Anthophyllite ()*	Autunite ()*	Beraunite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Diadochite ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Goethite ()*
Graftonite ()*	Hematite ()*	Heterosite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Ixiolite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Messelite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*
Microcline ()*	Mitridatite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rockbridgeite ()*
Sarcopside ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Spodumene ()*	Staurolite ()*	Strengite ()*	Strunzite ()*	Torbernite ()*
Triphylite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Vivianite ()*	Whitmoreite ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	11	241886,241887,241888,241890,241894,241901,241902,241903,241905,241911,241919	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	32	241886,241887,241888,241889,241890,241891,241892,241893,241894,241895,241897,241898,241899,241900,241901,241902,241903,241904,241906,241907,241908,241909,241910,241911,241913,241914,241915,241916,241917,241919,241920,241921	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	0		1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1534
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	241903	356
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	241894	718
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	3	241886,241901,241902	1272
Beraunite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O	1	241901	136
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	241887	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	17	241887,241888,241889,241890,241891,241892,241894,241896,241900,241902,241903,241905,241907,241910,241913,241918,241919	4286
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	241901	27198
Diadochite ()*	Amorphous	Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)·6H₂O	1	241901	81
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	0		345
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	12	241887,241888,241889,241891,241894,241901,241902,241903,241905,241907,241910,241911	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	241901	7437
Graftonite ()*	Graftonite	Fe²⁺Fe²⁺₂(PO₄)₂	3	241887,241902,241903	107
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	241889	14640
Heterosite ()*	Olivine	Fe³⁺(PO₄)	1	241901	204
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂	1	241886	148
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	241915	14899
Messelite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Fe²⁺(PO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	241901	43
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	4	241886,241888,241892,241901	388
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	241901	443
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	33	241886,241887,241888,241889,241890,241891,241892,241893,241894,241895,241897,241898,241899,241900,241901,241902,241903,241904,241905,241906,241907,241908,241909,241910,241911,241913,241914,241915,241916,241917,241919,241920,241921	4924
Mitridatite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O	1	241901	129
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	241888	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	241886	945
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2	241888,241919	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	35	241886,241887,241888,241889,241890,241891,241892,241893,241894,241895,241896,241897,241898,241899,241900,241901,241902,241903,241904,241905,241906,241907,241908,241909,241910,241911,241913,241914,241915,241916,241917,241918,241919,241920,241921	17380
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	2	241901,241903	182
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	241888,241894,241901,241903	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	35	241886,241887,241888,241889,241890,241891,241892,241893,241894,241895,241896,241897,241898,241899,241900,241901,241902,241903,241904,241905,241906,241907,241908,241909,241910,241911,241913,241914,241915,241916,241917,241918,241919,241920,241921	61156
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅	1	241903	206
Sarcopside ()*	None	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂	2	241897,241903	58
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	0		4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	32	241886,241887,241888,241889,241890,241891,241892,241893,241894,241895,241896,241898,241899,241900,241901,241902,241903,241904,241905,241906,241907,241908,241909,241910,241911,241913,241914,241915,241917,241918,241919,241920	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	241891,241902	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	241912	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1	241902	688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	0		978
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	241903	263
Strunzite ()*	Strunzite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O	2	241901,241903	98
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	241901	1059
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	2	241887,241901	313
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	3	241886,241888,241890	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	0		890
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	241901,241903	636
Whitmoreite ()*	Arthurite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	241901	36
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	3	241889,241901,241911	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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