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Locality Name:
Hooksett, Merrimack Co., New Hampshire, USA


mindat Locality ID: 9376
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9376.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hooksett, Merrimack Co., New Hampshire, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Belisle Granite Quarry
Brox Quarry
Carriage Hill
Hooksett Crushed Stone Quarry (Pike Industries Quarry)
Hooksett Pinnacle
Manchester Sand & Gravel Co. Quarry
Otteson Granite Quarry
Pine Hill
Quimby Mountain Gold Locality
Shirley Granite Quarry

Latitude: 43°4'17"N
Longitude: 71°28'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.071388888889,-71.47

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 As B Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousApatiteArsenopyriteBerylBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundum
DiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupOlivine
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTitaniteTourmaline

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schorl  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2242608,2426108803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)33242608,242610,2426112353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO22242610,2426112162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12426119052
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O182242608,2426104286
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO21242611700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124261127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124261127198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612426114135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212426119895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1242611648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12426118173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12426112740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23242610,242611,2426169617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)12426111188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2242611,24261324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12426117437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124261114640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)612426111066
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124261112537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)5242608,242610,242611,242615,2426184924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)25242608,242610,242611,242615,24261817380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12426112994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124261139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27242608,242610,242611,242613,242615,242616,24261861156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)3242608,242610,2426112705
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2242611,24261321482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12426114899



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