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Locality Name:
Bald Mountain, Ossipee, Carroll Co., New Hampshire, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 121
Youngest recorded age at locality: 121

mindat Locality ID: 30143
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30143.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bald Mountain, Ossipee, Carroll Co., New Hampshire, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na O P Si Ti Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na O P Si Ti Y Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylBrookiteCalciteChloriteClayFeldsparFluoriteMicaMonaziteNone
Not in a structural groupQuartzRutileTopazZircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Brookite  (*)
Chamosite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Microcline  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Topaz  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
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)12112108803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO212112102162
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)21211210606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812112104286
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO21211210700
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)81211210577
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212112109617
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12112104924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1211210945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2121121017380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2121121061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212112105614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12112106417
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F212112101476
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1211210939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12112105251



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
AREPS5_257-00021121121121     Yes  30144Ossipee, Carroll Co., New Hampshire, USAOssipee MountainZartman (1977)10.1146/annurev.ea.05.050177.001353AREPS5_257 


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