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Locality Name:
Chickering Mine, Walpole, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 306.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 300.2

mindat Locality ID: 16181
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16181.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chickering Mine, Walpole, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°5'1"N
Longitude: 72°22'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.083611111111,-72.380833333333
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 B Be C Ca F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sn Sr U Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Be C Ca F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sn Sr U Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousApatiteArseniosideriteArsenopyriteArthuriteAutuniteBerauniteBerylBeryllonite
CalciteChildreniteClayColumbiteDiasporeFeldsparGarnetGypsumLaueiteMeta-autunite
MicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzRockbridgeiteRutile
SouzaliteSphaleriteStrunziteSymplesiteTourmalineVivianiteWarditeZircon

47 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Beraunite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Beryllonite  (*)Brazilianite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Childrenite  (*)
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Diadochite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Ferrisicklerite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gormanite  (*)Goyazite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Heterosite  (*)Laueite  (*)Ludlamite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metavivianite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Montebrasite  (*)Moraesite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Opal  (*)Paravauxite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spodumene  (*)Strunzite  (*)Triphylite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wardite  (*)
Whitmoreite  (*)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)306.6300.208803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3306.6300.202353
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS306.6300.209052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O306.6300.201272
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O306.6300.20136
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18306.6300.204286
Beryllonite  (*)BerylloniteNaBe(PO4)306.6300.2047
Brazilianite  (*)Not in a structural groupNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4306.6300.2059
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2306.6300.205171
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O306.6300.2093
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6306.6300.20289
Diadochite  (*)AmorphousFe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O306.6300.2081
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)306.6300.20520
Ferrisicklerite  (*)OlivineLi1-x(Fe3+,Mn2+)(PO4)306.6300.20108
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F306.6300.202740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)306.6300.207437
Gormanite  (*)SouzaliteFe2+3Al4(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O306.6300.2023
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6306.6300.20173
Graphite  (*)NoneC306.6300.202812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O306.6300.206890
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)306.6300.20204
Laueite  (*)LaueiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O306.6300.2070
Ludlamite  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)2·4H2O306.6300.2066
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O306.6300.20388
Metavivianite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O306.6300.2026
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)306.6300.204924
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O306.6300.20129
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)306.6300.20200
Moraesite  (*)NoneBe2(PO4)(OH)·4H2O306.6300.2035
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2306.6300.2017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O306.6300.202994
Paravauxite  (*)LaueiteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O306.6300.2019
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2306.6300.2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8306.6300.209056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2306.6300.2061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)306.6300.201711
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5306.6300.20206
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)306.6300.202705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)306.6300.206417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS306.6300.2021482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6306.6300.20688
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O306.6300.2098
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)306.6300.20313
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O306.6300.20636
Wardite  (*)WarditeNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O306.6300.2058
Whitmoreite  (*)ArthuriteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O306.6300.2036
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)306.6300.205251


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
Alexandra-0191306.6300.2303.4 ± 3.2Ar-ArAge of pegmatitemuscovite12Dw60a  Muscovite  16181Chickering Mine, Walpole, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, USAChickering pegmatiteBradley et al. (2016)10.3749/canmin.1600035CM54_945 

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