Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ponterwyd, Cwmrheidol, Ceredigion, Wales, UK

mindat Locality ID: 14485
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14485.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ponterwyd, Cwmrheidol, Ceredigion, Wales, UK": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Castell Mine (Dyffryn Castell Mine; New Castell Mine; West Esgair Lle Mine; Gwaithddu Mine; Cripiau Bach Mine)
Llywernog Mine (Ponterwyd Mine)
Nant Nod Mine
Nantycreiau Mine
Plynlimon Mine
West Nantycreiau Mine

Latitude: 52°25'17"N
Longitude: 3°47'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.421388888889,-3.7975

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Diaspore	Ktenasite	Malachite	Marcasite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Namuwite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Redgillite ()*	Rutile ()*
Sphalerite ()*

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 Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Diaspore Ktenasite Malachite Marcasite
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	123116	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	123115	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	123115	919
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	123115,123119	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	123116,123119	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	123115,123116,123118	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	123115	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	123115,123116,123118,123119	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	123115	7437
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	4	123115,123116,123118,123120	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	123115	1066
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	123115	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	123119	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	123115	17380
Namuwite ()*	Ktenasite	Zn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·4H₂O	1	123116	58
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	123115,123119	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	2	123116,123119	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	123115,123118,123119	61156
Redgillite ()*	None	Cu₆(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·H₂O	1	123116	45
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	123115	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	123115,123116,123118,123120	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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