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Heterosite from
Fletcher Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Heterosite
Formula:(Fe3+,Mn3+)PO4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Heterosite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fletcher Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:38306
Long-form Identifier:1:3:38306:4
GUID (UUID V4):88cb2192-e6a3-45f2-8ce5-7c345a379c05
Nearest other occurrences of Heterosite
5.1km (3.2 miles) Palermo No. 1 Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
5.3km (3.3 miles) Palermo No. 2 Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) Rice Quarry, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
9.5km (5.9 miles) Eight-Ball Mica prospect, Rumney, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
11.9km (7.4 miles) Keyes Mica Quarries, Orange, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
15.8km (9.8 miles) E.E. Smith Mine, Alexandria, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
56.3km (35.0 miles) Chandlers Mill Quarry, Newport, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, USA
59.2km (36.8 miles) Sargent Mine, Claremont, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, USA
74.9km (46.5 miles) Parker Mountain Mine, Parker Mountain, Strafford, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
77.6km (48.2 miles) Fitzgibbons Mine, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
North Groton, New Hampshire and to an inch in diameter at the Smith Mine, Newport, New Hampshire. It also...the same state. Scorzalite occurs at the Victory mine near Custer, South Dakota with quartz, albite, muscovite...dickinsonite occurs sparingly at Branchville, Fairfield county, Connecticut. FAIRFIELDITE, a hydrous phosphate...noted as a rare mineral at Branchville, Fairfield county, Connecticut from which it was named; and also...Buckfield, Maine; and from Center Strafford, New Hampshire. REDDINGITE, a hydrous manganese phosphate occurred
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
New Hampshire Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Newcastle, Australia] at 15:01 05...entrance and arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob...Bob Whitmore. 242 ROCKS & MINERALS lthough New Hampshire, the Granite State, is one of our smaller states...reading Jackson (1844) on the mineralogy of New Hampshire that even at this early date there was already...activity produced new localities, renewed some old localities, and resulted in new minerals being discovered
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
page 568, Nov.-Dec, 1962) There is an old mica mine on Blue- powder. If a specimen shows nothing but...Strafford, New Hamp- alteration species ferri-sicklerite or if you shire. It is known as the Buzzo's Mine, are...we were in the vicinity. My second visit to the mine was both had a small vug in which was a botryoiunusual...been up near the southern end of Lake accicular new mineral. When I broke this Winnipesaukee for a week...1938 and a found more and larger crystals of this new persistent drizzle made the snow too species which
Report (issue)
(Fe3+ , Mn3+ )PO4 Heterosite c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Orthorhombic...Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Palermo #1 mine, New Hampshire, USA. (ICDD 34–134). 2.452 (100), 4.31 (90)...Total 100.27 100.00 (1) Hill City, South Dakota, USA. (2) (Fe, Mn)PO4 with Fe:Mn = 1:1. Polymorphism &...In the USA, from the Fletcher and Palermo #1 mines, near North Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire; at Newry...elsewhere in South Dakota. In the Sapucaia pegmatite mine, about 50 km east-southeast of Governador Valadares
Report (issue)
= 5.182(1) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Sapucaia mine, Brazil. (ICDD 35-625). 3.191 (100), 3.381 (85)...47 6.94 Total 100.09 100.00 3+ 3+ (1) Sapucaia mine, Brazil; corresponds to (Mn2+ Na Mg 0.70 0.20 0...vivianite, heterosite–purpurite, cyrilovite, phosphosiderite, leucophosphite (Sapucaia mine, Brazil).... Distribution: From the Sapucaia pegmatite mine, about 50 km east-southeast of Governador Valadares,...At the Fletcher mine, near North Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, and in the Tip Top mine, 8.5 km
Report (issue)
α = 109.29(2)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Sapucaia mine, Brazil. 3.045 (10), 3.285(9), 4.99 (5), 2.474 (4)...55 5.15 Total 100.01 100.00 2+ 3+ (1) Sapucaia mine, Brazil; corresponds to (Li0.90 Fe2+ Mn ) Fe 0.06...complex zoned granite Association: Barbosalite, heterosite, ferrisicklerite, triphylite, huréaulite, rockbridgeite...pegmatite mine, about 50 km east-southeast of Governador Valadares, and the Énio pegmatite mine, northeast...In the USA, in the Palermo #1 and Fletcher mines, near North Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire; in South
Report (issue)
497(5) X-ray Powder Pattern: Stewart mine, Pala, California, USA. (ICDD 34-146). 3.152 (100), 8.09 (70)...pegmatites. Association: Lithiophilite, triphylite, heterosite, rockbridgeite, cacoxenite, vivianite, fairfieldite...Viitaniemi pegmatite, near Eräjärvi, Finland. In the USA, from the Strickland quarry, Portland, Middlesex...Connecticut; in the Fletcher and Palermo #1 mines, near North Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire; from the Emmons...Tip Top mines, near Custer, and the White Elephant mine, near Pringle, Custer Co., and elsewhere in South
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals of North Groton, New Hampshire The historical background of the famous North Groton mines is as fascinating...Candia Road Chester, New Hampshire 03036 R O B E R T W. WHITMORE Weare, New Hampshire 03281 N O R T H G...from local residents and collectors. History North Groton is unknown to many people outside the mineral fraternity... a large percentage of the popula­ tion of New Hampshire would not recognize the name, let alone be able...Forest. 350 ROCKS & MINERALS In the early 1800s, Groton was a thriving farming com­ munity with a population
Book
THE PEGMATITE MINES KNOWN AS NORTH GROTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE eral I ederi Acknowledi:ments Dedicated...Alexander U. Falster Carl Francis James W. Grandy Groton Historical Society Jonathan Herndon Various contributions...experience. As a kid growing up in Manchester, New Hampshire, I was always fascinated by minerals and tried...premier sandbox, but I could also make sure the mine would remain open to mineral enthusiasts for years...maintained the notoriety acquired by the Palermo No. I mine. Its impact on the nation, and in some respects
Journal (issue)
you wish to receive a copy. Please request our new arrivals list Dealers in: • rare minerals • fine... Paul Brian Moore Wyllieite, Na2Fe2AI(P04)3, A New Species........ Paul B. Moore Jun Ito Richard V...Scarsdale, New York, measures 8-1/2 by 10 inches. Photograph by HenriJansen, Ardsley,New York. Editorial...appointment Tourmaline Tourmaline Queen Mine Pala, California NEW ACQUISITIONS: RUTILE from Graves M tn...TOURMALINE from Pala, California We w ill offer fine new material from Europe and A frica fo llo w in g our
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Fe"Mn't)Fen"'(POr). (OH)s, from the Fletcher quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire, and rockbridgeite Fe"Fe4"'(PO4)B(OH)6...Rockbridge County, Va. Ferrous iron may oxidize to ferric oxidizes readily iron. At Fletcher quarry green...cell and optical properties are discussed. Three new analyses are given. fNrnonucrron In the summer of...phosphates: triphylite, vivianite, and a member of the heterosite-purpurite series.The Sapucaiapegmatite and its...manganoan rockbridgeite from the Fletcher quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire, is green where fresh, Tasm
Book
recent findings. For the new minerals described since 1973, I have used the New Minerals section of the...the American Mineralogist, Lists of New Mineral Names of Mineralogical Magazine and the recent compilation...deposits in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah were opened centuries ago by the...the mines in the Cerrilos Hills, near Santa Fe, New Mexico (Encyclopedia Britannica 968, p 415). Turquois...historical pattern in the subsequent introduction of new phosphate minerals (still valid) into the scientific
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TAVORITE AND BARBOSALITE, TWO NEW PHOSPHATE MINERALS FROI,{ MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL* M. L. LrwonERGAND W...GeologicalSwruey, Washington25, D. C. Ansrnlcr Two more new phosphate minerals-tavorite and barbosalite-bave...barbosalite-bave been discovered in the sapucaia pegmatite mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Three other minerals recently...and barbosalite are two new phosphate minerals from the Sapucaia pegmatite mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil....S. Geological Survey. TAVORITE,AND BARBOSALITE,NEW PHOSPHATEMINERALS 953 berg, Pecora,and Barbosa,1953)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals of New Hampshire A Checklist JANET W. C A R E S 18 S i n g l e t a r y L a n e Sudbury. Massachusetts...ities. As other articles in this issue will attest, New Hamp­ shire has rightfully earned its nickname, the...Janules, 1990), and the fumed "gummite" of the Ruggles mine accounts foi the many alteration products of uraninke...lead-bearing minerals are found at the Madison lead mine, and barite occurs in the well-known fluorite mines... while copper minerals—which are scarce in New Hampshire—are found mainly in a few small depos­ its.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
w:Jy#!fia ABsrBAcr The crystal structure of heterosite of composition (Feo.o"*Mno.*8*)Ponhas been refined...ferrisicklerite-sicklerite,Li1-,(Fe,3* Mnr-,2*)POn and heterosite-purpurite,(Fe3*, Mn3*)PO+.The structure of triphylite...We therefore have undertakena refinementof the heterosite structure in order to determine, in part, the...one of us (D'R.P') from the Fletcher Quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire. The material was chosen because...765 -r' .005 A) were consistent with those of heterosite, as determined by Bj6rling and Westgren for both
Report (issue)
Pegmatite Investigations 1942-45 New England By EUGENE N. CAMERON and OTHERS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL..._______ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of New Hampshire_ Rock units ________________________________...pegmatites ___________________ _ Pegmatites of the Grafton and Keene districts __ _ Sources of pegmatites...quality __ AnalyHis of the wartime mica industry of New England ________________________________________...Androscoggin County ______________________ _ Berry feldspar quarry __________________ _ Cumberland County ___
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
Field Trip Notes
//' . GUIDEBOOK FOR FIELD IN ''fy,.'t:J TRIPS NEW ENGLAND NOVEMBER 10-12, 1952 Organized by the...Before visiting any of the sites described in the New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference guidebooks...Highlands of East-Central New York, Southern Vermont, and Southern New Hampshire Field Trip No. 2, Outstanding...Outstanding pegmatites of Maine and New Hampshire 73 Geology of the "Chelmsford Granite" 103 Field Trip...OF EAST-CENTRAL NEW YORK, SOUTHER Leaders: VERJ-IONT, AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE Marland P, Billings
Book (volume)
Descriptive Mineralogy Vandall T. King Rochester, New York 14609 , Eugene E. Foord U S. Geological Survey...Philip Hauck Richard P. Hauck was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey on June 30, 1935. He has been actively involved...deep concern for the fate of the Sterling mine in Ogdensburg, New Jersey, and his intense interest in mining...mining history led him to purchase the mine in order to form a living museum so that it would remain accessible...mineralogical community. Through his efforts, the Sterling mine has been declared a national historic landmark.
Report (issue)
Beryl Resources of New Hampshire GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 353 Prepared on behalf of the...with the New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission Beryl Resources of New Hampshire By JAMES...Commission^ and in part in cooperation with the New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission UNITED...Page, James Jeffers, 192ftBeryl resources of New Hampshire, by James J. Page and David M. Larrabee. Washington...Commission, and in part in cooperation with the New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission. Bibliography:
Journal (issue)
at the campus of Indiana University Southeast in New Albany, Indiana to commemorate the recent history...quartz, Midstate Quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas. 2 Mineral News The 9th Maine Mineral...fluorite mine, Westmoreland, New Hampshire. The Rocks and Minerals article (Vol. 65) on the mine does not...specimens on display dispelled any doubts. The Wise Mine fluorite and quartz matrix specimens on display...discussed the mining and pocket discoveries at the Berry Mine, in the southern half of the Berry-Havey pegmatite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1974 l. Jahnsite,Segelerite,and Robertsite,Three New TransitionMetal PhosphateSpecies ll. Redefinitionof...Cambridge, Massrchusetts 02 I 38 Abstract Three new species,-jahnsite, segelerite, and robertsite,-occur...as late stage products in corroded triphylite-heterosite-ferrisicklerite-rockbridgeite masses,associated...little doubt that their formation was due to the new to scientific intelligence which not only occur presenceof...solution at low temperature. Introduction 48 THREE NEW TRANSITION Following this paragenetic discussion
Journal (issue)
Iron-Manganese Phosphates of the Williams Pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama........................64 by Peter B....of the Minerals of Searles Lake, San Bernadino County, California......................................and lepidolite. T ourm aline Q ueen mine, Pala, San Diego County, California. T he overall size of the...10 x 9 x 6 inches. It was re­ moved from the mine on New Y ear’s Day, 1972, by William Larson. Photograph...1949 while a high-school student in Glens Falls, New York. In at­ tending an adult education course in
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
 
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