Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 72520
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-72520.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lyme, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Grafton Turnpike
Holts Ledge
White Cow Hill

Latitude: 43°48'37"N
Longitude: 72°9'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.810277777778,-72.156111111111

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Diaspore	Feldspar	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tourmaline

Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Smithsonite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Diaspore Feldspar Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Spinel Stibnite Tourmaline

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	242379	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	242379	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	0		577
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	1	242379	345
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	242378	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	242380	2812
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	242380	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	242379	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	242379	5800
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	242379	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	242379	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	242378,242379,242380	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	242378,242379	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	242379	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		2705
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	0		2473

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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