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Locality Name:
Bontgoch (Elerch), Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales, UK


mindat Locality ID: 133478
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133478.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bontgoch (Elerch), Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Elgar Mine
Mynydd Gorddu Mine

Latitude: 52°27'20"N
Longitude: 3°57'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.455555555556,-3.9644444444444
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: Al C Cd Cl Cu Fe H Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteAragoniteChalcopyriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrochloreQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSphaleriteUllmanniteWurtzite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Bindheimite  (*)Bottinoite  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O71123100450
Bottinoite  (*)NoneNiSb5+2(OH)12·6H2O112310016
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)4112309979
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11231004979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2112310027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11231003531
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2123099,12310024243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1123100717
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11231001689
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2112310012537
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl2123099,1231001725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22123099,12310061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS112310021482
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS1123100293
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42123099,1231001655


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