Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Parys Mountain Mines (Paris Mine; Parys Mine; Mona Mine; Morfa Du Mine), Amlwch, Isle Of Anglesey, Wales, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 436
Youngest recorded age at locality: 436

mindat Locality ID: 4245
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4245.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Parys Mountain Mines (Paris Mine; Parys Mine; Mona Mine; Morfa Du Mine), Amlwch, Isle Of Anglesey, Wales, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 53°23'12"N
Longitude: 4°20'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.386666666667,-4.3441666666667

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Arsenic	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Copiapite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Geocronite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Kobellite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite
Minium	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel
Starkeyite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite

Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Felsőbányaite ()*	Galena ()*
Galenobismutite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Jordanite ()*	Kobellite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Minium ()*
Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Ranciéite ()*	Rozenite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spionkopite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Arsenic Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Copiapite Copper
Corundum Covellite Diaspore Geocronite Gypsum Halotrichite Kobellite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite
Minium Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel
Starkeyite Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite

51 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	436	436	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	436	436	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	436	436	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	436	436	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	436	436	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	436	436	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	436	436	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	436	436	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	436	436	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	436	436	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	436	436	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	436	436	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	436	436	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	436	436	382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	436	436	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	436	436	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	436	436	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	436	436	9895
Felsőbányaite ()*	None	Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·4H₂O	436	436	66
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	436	436	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	436	436	192
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	436	436	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	436	436	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	436	436	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	436	436	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	436	436	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	436	436	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	436	436	2228
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	436	436	105
Kobellite ()*	Kobellite	Pb₁₁(Cu,Fe)₂(Bi,Sb)₁₅S₃₅	436	436	87
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	436	436	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	436	436	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	436	436	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	436	436	915
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	436	436	247
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	436	436	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	436	436	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	436	436	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	436	436	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	436	436	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	436	436	177
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	436	436	293
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	436	436	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	436	436	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	436	436	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	436	436	21482
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	436	436	73
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	436	436	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	436	436	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	436	436	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	436	436	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00492	436	436	Silurian										S	4245	Parys Mountain Mines (Paris Mine; Parys Mine; Mona Mine; Morfa Du Mine), Amlwch, Isle Of Anglesey, Wales, UK	Parys Mountain	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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