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Locality Name:
Wilton, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire, USA


mindat Locality ID: 32498
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32498.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wilton, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Granite State Quarry
Hesselton Quarry
Wilton Crushed Stone Quarry (Pike Industries Quarry; Quinn Brothers Quarry; LAW Inc. Quarry)

Latitude: 42°52'0"N
Longitude: 71°45'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.866666666667,-71.764444444444
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 O P S Si Ti W Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmorphousApatiteBerylCalciteClayClinozoisiteCopiapiteCorundumDiaspore
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetHalotrichiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzScheeliteTitaniteZircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)
Copiapite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1242554706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312425542353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO212425542162
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812425544286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124255427770
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O1242554382
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12425548173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12425542740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212425549617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12425547437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312425541544
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O1242554409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124255414640
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12425544924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2124255417380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12425542994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124255439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812425549056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2124255461156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12425544894
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12425544899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12425545251


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