Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Newington, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire, USA

mindat Locality ID: 276645
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276645.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Newington, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
National Refuge Borehole (NR1)

Latitude: 43°5'0"N
Longitude: 70°49'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.083333333333,-70.833055555556

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Feldspar	Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Melanterite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Starkeyite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Wollastonite
Zircon

Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Celestine ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Microcline ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scorodite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Wollastonite ()*	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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Cobaltite Copper Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Feldspar Halotrichite Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Melanterite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Starkeyite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite Wollastonite
Zircon

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	242666	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	242666	966
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	242666	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	242666	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	242666	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	242666	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	242666	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	242666	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	242666	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	242666	5171
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	242666	1252
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	242666	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	242666	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	242666	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	242666	966
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	242666	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	242666	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	242666	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	242666	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	242666	30554
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	242666	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	242666	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	242666	5591
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	242666	581
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	242666	915
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	242666	4924
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	242666	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	242666	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	242666	471
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	242666	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	242666	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	242666	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	242666	293
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	242666	5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	242666	1153
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	242666	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	242666	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	242666	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	242666	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	242666	4899
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	242666	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	242666	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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