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

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

mindat Locality ID: 30144
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30144.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ossipee, Carroll Co., New Hampshire, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bald Mountain
Connor Pond Locality
Gilman Notch
Grant Peak (Grant's Peak)
Gulch Locality (Raccoon Gulch; Folsom Brook Gulch)
Ossipee Aggregates Corp. Quarry

Latitude: 43°43'41"N
Longitude: 71°7'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.728055555556,-71.130555555556

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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si Sn Ti Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousBastnäsiteBerylBrookiteCalciteChloriteClayCorundumDiasporeFeldspar
FluoriteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutile
SpinelTopazZircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Brookite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)
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)1211212241867,2418728803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO212112112418672162
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F1211211241872304
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)21211212241867,241872606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181211212241867,2418724286
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO21211211241867700
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO212112112418715171
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)81211211241867577
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21211213241867,241868,2418729617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12112112418727437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3121121124187014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312112112418725433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4121121014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2121121124187312537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1211215241867,241868,241869,241870,2418724924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212112112418725800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1211212241867,241872945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21211212241867,24187217380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12112112418722994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2121121124187239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21211215241867,241868,241869,241870,24187261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21211212241867,2418725614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1211215241867,241868,241869,241870,2418726417
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21211212241867,2418721476
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1211211241867939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12112112418675251



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


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