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


mindat Locality ID: 235109
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-235109.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nelson, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Osgood Graphite Mine

Latitude: 42°59'38"N
Longitude: 72°6'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.993888888889,-72.113611111111
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteBerylChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteMicaNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyroxeneQuartzSpinelStauroliteTitanite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Graphite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO512419751310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124197527198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12419751025
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1812419751008
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612419754135
Graphite  (*)NoneC12419752812
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O41241975407
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312419755433
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2124197517380
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812419759056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2124197561156
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO512419751516
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1241975978
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12419754899


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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