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Locality Name:
Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo No. 1 Pegmatite; Hartford Mine; GE Mine), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 326
Youngest recorded age at locality: 294

mindat Locality ID: 3942
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3942.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo No. 1 Pegmatite; Hartford Mine; GE Mine), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°45'4"N
Longitude: 71°53'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.751111111111,-71.889444444444
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 As B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sr Ta Ti U Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sr Ta Ti U Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlluauditeAluniteAmorphousApatiteAragoniteArrojaditeArsenicArseniosideriteArsenopyriteArthurite
AutuniteBerauniteBerylBerylloniteBjarebyiteBrackebuschiteCalcioferriteCalciteCarminiteCerite
ChalcopyriteChildreniteClayColumbiteCompreignaciteCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDufrénite
FairfielditeFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnetGraftoniteGypsumHopeiteHureauliteJahnsite
KaoliniteLöllingiteLaueiteLazuliteLeucophosphiteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMeta-autuniteMica
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePhosphophyllitePhosphosideritePhosphuranylitePyriteQuartzReddingite
RockbridgeiteRocksaltRoscheriteSchoepiteSmectite-vermiculiteSouzaliteSphaleriteSpinelStewartiteStibnite
StrunziteSymplesiteTourmalineTridymiteVivianiteWagneriteWarditeZircon

151 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anapaite  (*)Anatase  (*)Arrojadite-(KFe)  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Augelite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Barbosalite  (*)
Beraunite  (*)Bermanite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Beryllonite  (*)
Birnessite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bjarebyite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brazilianite  (*)Brushite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Childrenite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Collinsite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Compreignacite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diadochite  (*)Djurleite  (*)
Dufrénite  (*)Eleonorite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)Fairfieldite  (*)Falsterite  (*)
Ferrirockbridgeite  (*)Ferrisicklerite  (*)Ferrostrunzite  (*)Florencite-(Ce)  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Foggite  (*)Galena  (*)Goedkenite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gordonite  (*)
Gormanite  (*)Goyazite  (*)Graftonite  (*)Greifensteinite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hagendorfite  (*)Hematite  (*)Heterosite  (*)Hinsdalite  (*)Hisingerite  (*)
Hollandite  (*)Hopeite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Hydroxylherderite  (*)
Ice  (*)Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)  (*)Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)  (*)Keckite  (*)Kryzhanovskite  (*)
Kulanite  (*)Landesite  (*)Laueite  (*)Lazulite  (*)Lefontite  (*)
Leucophosphite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Ludlamite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Messelite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)
Metavivianite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Montebrasite  (*)Moraesite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Natropalermoite  (*)Nizamoffite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)
Palermoite  (*)Parascholzite  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Paravauxite  (*)Paulscherrerite  (*)
Phosphoferrite  (*)Phosphophyllite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)Pseudolaueite  (*)
Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Realgar  (*)Reddingite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Roscherite  (*)
Rutherfordine  (*)Samuelsonite  (*)Sarcopside  (*)Schoepite  (*)Schoonerite  (*)
Schorl  (*)Scorzalite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Sinkankasite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Souzalite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stewartite  (*)Strengite  (*)
Strunzite  (*)Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)Tavorite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Triphylite  (*)Triploidite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Ushkovite  (*)
Vandendriesscheite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wardite  (*)Whiteite-(CaMnMg)  (*)Whiteite-(MnFeMg)  (*)
Whitlockite  (*)Whitmoreite  (*)Wolfeite  (*)Xanthoxenite  (*)Zanazziite  (*)
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)32629408803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)332629402353
Anapaite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2Fe2+(PO4)2·4H2O326294025
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO232629402162
Arrojadite-(KFe)  (*)Arrojadite(KNa)Fe2+(CaNa2)Fe2+13Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(OH)2326294050
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS32629409052
Augelite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)(OH)3326294079
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O32629401272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)232629405509
Barbosalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2326294043
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O3262940136
Bermanite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Mn3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O326294055
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)23262940606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1832629404286
Beryllonite  (*)BerylloniteNaBe(PO4)326294047
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O3262940178
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi32629401966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S332629401935
Bjarebyite  (*)BjarebyiteBaMn2+2Al2(PO4)3(OH)332629406
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS432629405516
Brazilianite  (*)Not in a structural groupNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4326294059
Brushite  (*)GypsumCa(PO3OH)·2H2O3262940104
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O3262940280
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)32629404979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2326294027198
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O326294093
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl3262940203
Collinsite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(PO4)2·2H2O326294038
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O63262940518
Compreignacite  (*)CompreignaciteK2(UO2)6O4(OH)6·7H2O326294027
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS32629404165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)63262940310
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O32629402970
Diadochite  (*)AmorphousFe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O326294081
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S163262940300
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O3262940139
Eleonorite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O326294051
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O3262940128
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O326294072
Falsterite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2MgMn2+2Fe2+2Fe3+2Zn4(PO4)8(OH)4(H2O)1432629402
Ferrirockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe3+0.67   0.33)2(Fe3+)3(PO4)3(OH)4(H2O)32629401
Ferrisicklerite  (*)OlivineLi1-x(Fe3+,Mn2+)(PO4)3262940108
Ferrostrunzite  (*)StrunziteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O326294019
Florencite-(Ce)  (*)AluniteCeAl3(PO4)2(OH)6326294073
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F32629402740
Foggite  (*)NoneCaAl(PO4)(OH)2·H2O32629404
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS326294024243
Goedkenite  (*)BrackebuschiteSr2Al(PO4)2(OH)32629403
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)32629407437
Gordonite  (*)LaueiteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O326294018
Gormanite  (*)SouzaliteFe2+3Al4(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O326294023
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)63262940173
Graftonite  (*)GraftoniteFe2+Fe2+2(PO4)23262940107
Greifensteinite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Be4Fe2+5(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O326294027
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O32629406890
Hagendorfite  (*)AlluauditeNa2MnFe2+Fe3+(PO4)3326294017
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3326294014640
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)3262940204
Hinsdalite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6326294082
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O3262940144
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O163262940243
Hopeite  (*)HopeiteZn3(PO4)2·4H2O326294029
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O3262940125
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH3262940367
Hydroxylherderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)(OH)3262940119
Ice  (*)Amorphous TridymiteH2O326294059
Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Fe2+2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O326294027
Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Mn2+2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O326294018
Keckite  (*)JahnsiteCaMn(Fe3+,Mn)2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)3·7H2O326294010
Kryzhanovskite  (*)Reddingite(Fe3+,Mn2+)3(PO4)2(OH,H2O)3326294034
Kulanite  (*)BjarebyiteBaFe2+2Al2(PO4)3(OH)3326294012
Landesite  (*)ReddingiteMn2+9Fe3+3(PO4)8(OH)3·9H2O326294014
Laueite  (*)LaueiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O326294070
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)23262940232
Lefontite  (*)ChildreniteFe2Al2Be(PO4)2(OH)632629402
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O3262940110
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs23262940762
Ludlamite  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)2·4H2O326294066
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4326294014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2326294012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS232629405674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O3262940915
Messelite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Fe2+(PO4)2·2H2O326294043
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O3262940388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O3262940443
Metavivianite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O326294026
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)32629404924
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O3262940129
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)3262940200
Moraesite  (*)NoneBe2(PO4)(OH)·4H2O326294035
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2326294017380
Natropalermoite  (*)CarminiteNa2SrAl4(PO4)4(OH)432629401
Nizamoffite  (*)HopeiteMn2+Zn2(PO4)2(H2O)432629402
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O3262940471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O32629402994
Palermoite  (*)CarminiteLi2SrAl4(PO4)4(OH)432629403
Parascholzite  (*)NoneCaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O326294012
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O3262940144
Paravauxite  (*)LaueiteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O326294019
Paulscherrerite  (*)None(UO2)(OH)232629403
Phosphoferrite  (*)ReddingiteFe2+3(PO4)2·3H2O326294031
Phosphophyllite  (*)PhosphophylliteZn2Fe2+(PO4)2·4H2O326294029
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O3262940182
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O3262940182
Pseudolaueite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O326294010
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)43262940369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2326294039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl32629401725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S832629409056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2326294061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS3262940712
Reddingite  (*)ReddingiteMn2+3(PO4)2·3H2O326294024
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)32629401711
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)53262940206
Roscherite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Mn2+5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O326294022
Rutherfordine  (*)None(UO2)(CO3)326294058
Samuelsonite  (*)NoneCa9Mn2+4Al2(PO4)10(OH)232629404
Sarcopside  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)2326294058
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)6326294094
Schoonerite  (*)CalcioferriteZnMn2+Fe2+2Fe3+(PO4)3(OH)2(H2O)7·2H2O326294013
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)32629402705
Scorzalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2326294060
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)32629406417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO532629401516
Sinkankasite  (*)NoneMn2+Al(PO3OH)2(OH)·6H2O32629403
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)32629402473
Souzalite  (*)SouzaliteMg3Al4(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O326294011
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS326294021482
Stewartite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O326294048
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O3262940263
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O326294098
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Ta2O6326294099
Tavorite  (*)NoneLiFe3+(PO4)(OH)326294035
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O3262940433
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O32629401059
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)3262940313
Triploidite  (*)WagneriteMn2+2(PO4)(OH)326294029
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO232629402718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O3262940890
Ushkovite  (*)LaueiteMgFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O326294018
Vandendriesscheite  (*)NonePb1.6(UO2)10O6(OH)11·11H2O326294052
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O3262940636
Wardite  (*)WarditeNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O326294058
Whiteite-(CaMnMg)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Mg2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O32629407
Whiteite-(MnFeMg)  (*)JahnsiteMn2+Fe2+Mg2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O32629406
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)63262940104
Whitmoreite  (*)ArthuriteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O326294036
Wolfeite  (*)WagneriteFe2+2(PO4)(OH)326294043
Xanthoxenite  (*)NoneCa4Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·3H2O326294029
Zanazziite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Be4Mg5(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O326294021
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)32629405251


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
Alexandra-0181326294326–294U-PbAge of pegmatitezircon11Dw303a  Zircon  3942Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo No. 1 Pegmatite; Hartford Mine; GE Mine), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USAPalermo #1Bradley et al. (2016)10.3749/canmin.1600035CM54_945 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R130106Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo No. 1 Pegmatite; Hartford Mine; GE Mine), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USAhttps://rruff.info/R130106
R130091Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo No. 1 Pegmatite; Hartford Mine; GE Mine), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USAhttps://rruff.info/R130091
R130667Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo No. 1 Pegmatite; Hartford Mine; GE Mine), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USAhttps://rruff.info/R130667
R160083Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo No. 1 Pegmatite; Hartford Mine; GE Mine), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USAhttps://rruff.info/R160083
R140539Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo No. 1 Pegmatite; Hartford Mine; GE Mine), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USAhttps://rruff.info/R140539
R060367Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo No. 1 Pegmatite; Hartford Mine; GE Mine), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060367
R130092Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo No. 1 Pegmatite; Hartford Mine; GE Mine), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USAhttps://rruff.info/R130092
R120141Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo No. 1 Pegmatite; Hartford Mine; GE Mine), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USAhttps://rruff.info/R120141
R090058Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo No. 1 Pegmatite; Hartford Mine; GE Mine), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USAhttps://rruff.info/R090058
R080052Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo No. 1 Pegmatite; Hartford Mine; GE Mine), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USAhttps://rruff.info/R080052
R110175Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo No. 1 Pegmatite; Hartford Mine; GE Mine), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USAhttps://rruff.info/R110175

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