Granite pegmatite. Species list contains species from the contact zone and the host rocks as well as the granite pegmatite.
A former surface mica and feldspar quarry, started in the 1880s, last worked commercially 1959. Located near the village of Center Strafford.
References:
Switzer (1938) The Paragenesis of the Center Strafford, New Hampshire Pegmatite. American Mineralogist 23:811.
Cameron (1954) Pegmatite Investigations 1942-45, New England (USGS Prof. Paper 255).
Morrill, P. (1960). New Hampshire Mines and Minerals Localities, pp. 46.
Page & Larrabee (1962) Beryl Resources of New Hampshire. (USGS Prof. Paper 353).
Rocks & Minerals (1964): 39: 355-356.
Rocks & Minerals (1989): World News on Mineral Occurrences, 64: 504.
Morong, Dana (1997): Some Little Known History of a Mica Mine in Strafford, New Hampshire (Matrix. vol. 5, no. 3)
Rocks & Minerals (2005): 80: 256.
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Map Reference: 43°17'37"N , 71°9'26"W
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