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Locality Name:
Great Orme, Llandudno, Conwy, Wales, UK


mindat Locality ID: 133481
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133481.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Great Orme, Llandudno, Conwy, Wales, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
New Mine
Old Mine
Ty Gwyn Mine

Latitude: 53°19'42"N
Longitude: 3°50'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.328333333333,-3.8408333333333
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: As C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteMalachiteMarcasite
MilleriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite
VivianiteWurtzite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siegenite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spionkopite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O1123226445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11232273250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23123225,123226,1232275509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)112322627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11232264979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11232265707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23123225,123226,12322727198
Copper  (*)CopperCu11232263846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11232264165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11232262970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S11232261027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S161123226300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22123226,1232279895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41123226910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS112322624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11232267437
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S41123226249
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23123225,123226,12322712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211232265674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS11232261066
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1123227633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS1123226767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2112322639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S41123226249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS112322621482
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S28112322673
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311232261803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11232261101


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