Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Palermo No. 3 Mine, Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 8929
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8929.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Palermo No. 3 Mine, Groton, Grafton 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.

Beryl	Clay	Feldspar	Garnet	Graftonite	Mica	None	Quartz	Tourmaline	Vivianite

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 B Be Fe H K Na O P Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Fe H K Na O P Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Feldspar Garnet Graftonite Mica None Quartz Tourmaline Vivianite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Beryl ()*	Graftonite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Vivianite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	326	294	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	326	294	2353
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	326	294	4286
Graftonite ()*	Graftonite	Fe²⁺Fe²⁺₂(PO₄)₂	326	294	107
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	326	294	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	326	294	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	326	294	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	326	294	2705
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	326	294	636

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Alexandra-0181	326	294	326–294	U-Pb	Age of pegmatite		zircon	11Dw303a		Yes	Zircon			3942	Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo No. 1 Pegmatite; Hartford Mine; GE Mine), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA	Palermo #1	Bradley et al. (2016)	10.3749/canmin.1600035	CM54_945

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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