Located near the village of North Groton, on the southeast flank of Bald Mountain. Mined for mica beginning in 1863; later for beryl, feldspar, and quartz. Since 1973 operated solely for mineral specimens, including many rare phosphate species. Granite pegmatite, Grafton field.
References:Sterrett, D. (1914). Some deposits of Mica in the United States (USGS Bulletin 580-F), pp. 72-74.
Sterrett, D. (1923): Mica deposits of the United States. (USGS Bulletin 740).
Berman, Harry (1927):
Graftonite from a new locality in New Hampshire (
American Mineralogist 12:170).
Verrow, H.J. (1941): "Pegmatite minerals of the Palermo quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire",
Rocks & Minerals 16:208-211.
Frondel, C. and Lindberg, M. (1948): Second occurrence of
brazilianite (
American Mineralogist 33:135–141).
Wolfe, C. W. (1949):
Ludlamite from the Palermo mine, North Groton, New Hampshire (
American Mineralogist 34:94).
Frondel, Clifford (1949):
Wolfeite,
xanthoxenite and
whitlockite from the Palermo Mine, New Hampshire (
American Mineralogist 34:692).
Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 835, 842-843, 855, 868, 876, 938, 953, 960, 977.
Mrose, M. E. (1953):
Palermoite and
goyazite, two strontium minerals from the Palermo Mine, North Groton, New Hampshire (
American Mineralogist 38:354).
Frondel, Clifford, 1956, Systematic Mineralogy of Uranium and Thorium, USGS Bulletin 1064, pp. 400.
Frondel, Clifford and Ito, Jun (1965): Composition of
palermoite (
American Mineralogist 50:777).
Moore, P.B. and Lund, D. H. (1973):
Bjarebyite...a new species (
Mineralogical Record 4:282-285).
Moore, P,B., Kampf, A.R., and Irving, A.J.(1974): "
Whitmoreite, a new species: its description and atomic arrangement",
American Mineralogist 59:900-905.
Thompson, W. (1974): The Palermo mine, New Hampshire".
Mineralogical Record 5:274-279.
Calvo, C., and R. Gopal. (1975): The Crystal Structure of
Whitlockite from the Palermo Quarry. (
American Mineralogist 60:120-133).
Moore, P. B., Irving, A. J., and Kampf, A. R. (1975):
Foggite,
Goedkenite, and
Samuelsonite: Three new species from the Palermo No. 1 pegmatite, North Groton, New Hampshire. (
American Mineralogist 60:957-964).
Moore, P. B. and A. R. Kampf (1977):
Schoonerite, a new zinc-manganese-iron phosphate mineral (
American Mineralogist 62:246-249).
Segeler, C.G., Ulrich, W., Kampf, A.R., and Whitmore, R.W. (1981): "Phosphate minerals of the Palermo No. 1 Pegmatite",
Rocks & Minerals 56:196-214.
Korzeb, Stanley L. (1990):
Pseudomalachite: New Find at the Palermo No. 1 Pegmatite, New Hampshire (
Rocks & Minerals 65:348-349).
Foord, Eugene E., Korzeb, Stanley L., Lichte, Frederick, E., and Fitzpatrick, Joan J., 1997, "Additional Studies on Mixed Uranyl Oxide-Hydroxide Hydrate Alteration Products of Uraninite from the Palermo and Ruggles Granitic Pegmatites, Grafton County, New Hampshire", Canadian Mineralogist, v. 35, p. 145-151.
Korzeb, Stanley L.; Foord, Eugene E. and Lichte, Frederick E. (1997):The chemical evolution and paragenesis of uranium minerals from the Ruggles and Palermo granitic pegmatites, New Hampshire (
Canadian Mineralogist 35:135-144).
King, V. (2002):
Palermoite from the Palermo No.1 pegmatite, Groton, Grafton county, New Hampshire.
Rocks & Minerals 77:173 (Crystallography); 77:240-241 (Paragenesis).
Whitmore, R.W. and Lawrence, R.C., Jr. (2004): The Pegmatite Mines Known As Palermo (Friends of Palermo Mines, North Groton, New Hampshire).
176 entries listed. 147 valid minerals. 10 type localities (valid minerals). 5 erroneous literature entries.
