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Locality Name:
Benton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA


mindat Locality ID: 9134
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9134.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Benton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Black Mountain
Blue Mountain (Mount Blue)
Mount Moosilauke
Owl's Head Mountain
Tunnel Brook
Unnamed Granite Quarry #1
Unnamed Granite Quarry #2.

Latitude: 44°2'34"N
Longitude: 71°51'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.042777777778,-71.856944444444
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 Au B C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Mn O Si W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGarnetMica
NoneQuartzRhodoniteScheeliteSpinelTourmalineVesuvianite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Epidote  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124213127770
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12421287437
Gold  (*)CopperAu124213230554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312421311544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2242133,2421344924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22242133,24213417380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23242128,242133,24213461156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)0969
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12421302705
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1012421311395


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