Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Alton, Belknap Co., New Hampshire, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 156
Youngest recorded age at locality: 156

mindat Locality ID: 9081
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9081.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alton, Belknap Co., New Hampshire, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Avery Hill
Pine Mountain

Latitude: 43°28'46"N
Longitude: 71°16'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.479444444444,-71.280277777778

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.

Arsenopyrite	Clay	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt

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 Fe H K O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Fe Pb S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Clay Mica None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	156	156	0		9052
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	156	156	0		24243
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	156	156	2	241768,241769	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	156	156	2	241768,241769	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	156	156	1	241768	1516

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
	AREPS5_257-00018	156	156	156											9082	Pine Mountain, Alton, Belknap Co., New Hampshire, USA	Pine Mountain	Zartman (1977)	10.1146/annurev.ea.05.050177.001353	AREPS5_257

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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