Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mascot Mine (Gorham Lead Mine; Galena King Mine), Gorham, Coos Co., New Hampshire, USA

mindat Locality ID: 5886
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5886.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mascot Mine (Gorham Lead Mine; Galena King Mine), Gorham, Coos 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

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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper
Devilline	Diaspore	Gypsum	Ktenasite	Linarite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Metazeunerite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Posnjakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ramsbeckite ()*
Rutile ()*	Schulenbergite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti U Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper
Devilline Diaspore Gypsum Ktenasite Linarite Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	577
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	182
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Ramsbeckite ()*	None	Cu₁₅(SO₄)₄(OH)₂₂·6H₂O	68
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	142
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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