Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 9166
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9166.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Canaan, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
African Mine
Buffum Mine
Mascoma Granite Quarry
Pettes Mine
Ruby Mine
Stone Mine

Latitude: 43°38'48"N
Longitude: 72°'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.646666666667,-72.010277777778

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.

Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Chloritoid	Clay	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel	Staurolite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Beryl ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Margarite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Staurolite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 C Ca F Fe H K Mo Na O P S Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H Mo O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Calcite Chloritoid Clay Feldspar Garnet Mica Molybdenite None
Pyrite Quartz Spinel Staurolite Tourmaline Zircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	242150	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	242154	2353
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	242149,242153	4286
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	0		376
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	242151	2740
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	242151	14899
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	0		168
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	242150,242151,242154	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	0		5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	242149,242150,242151,242154	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	242150	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	242149,242150,242151,242154	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	3	242149,242152,242153	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	0		978
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	242151	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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