Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK

mindat Locality ID: 15702
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15702.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Cwmbrywno Mine
Cwmystwyth
Devil's Bridge
Esgair Lead Mine
Pontrhydygroes
West Esgair Lead Mine

Latitude: 52°23'7"N
Longitude: 3°48'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.385277777778,-3.8155555555556

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Copper
Covellite	Devilline	Diaspore	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Ktenasite	Linarite	Malachite	Millerite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Ullmannite	Wurtzite

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 C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Copper
Covellite Devilline Diaspore Gypsum Hexahydrite Ktenasite Linarite Malachite Millerite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Sulphur Ullmannite Wurtzite

60 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bechererite ()*	Bianchite ()*
Bindheimite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bottinoite ()*	Brianyoungite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cesàrolite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Corkite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Elyite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hinsdalite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Lanarkite ()*	Langite ()*	Lautenthalite ()*	Leadhillite ()*
Linarite ()*	Litharge ()*	Malachite ()*	Mattheddleite ()*	Millerite ()*
Namuwite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Ramsbeckite ()*	Redgillite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*	Serpierite ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Steverustite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Susannite ()*	Ullmannite ()*	Wroewolfeite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	123175,123182	2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	2	123175,123182	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	123175	5509
Bechererite ()*	None	Zn₇Cu(OH)₁₃[SiO(OH)₃(SO₄)]	1	123182	16
Bianchite ()*	Hexahydrite	Zn(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	123182	40
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	2	123182,123184	450
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	123175	5516
Bottinoite ()*	None	NiSb⁵⁺₂(OH)₁₂·6H₂O	1	123184	16
Brianyoungite ()*	None	Zn₃(CO₃)(OH)₄	1	123182	79
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	2	123175,123182	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	123173,123175,123183,123187	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	123182	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	5	123175,123176,123177,123178,123182	4979
Cesàrolite ()*	None	PbMn⁴⁺₃O₆(OH)₂	1	123182	27
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	123182	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	123175,123177,123178,123179,123182,123185,123187	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	123182	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	123175,123182	3846
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	123182	151
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	123175,123182	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	123179,123182	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	123183	9895
Elyite ()*	None	CuPb₄(SO₄)O₂(OH)₄·H₂O	1	123182	85
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	11	123173,123175,123177,123178,123179,123182,123183,123184,123185,123186,123187	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	123179,123182	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	2	123175,123182	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	123182,123184	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	123175,123182	1689
Hinsdalite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	123182	82
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	123175,123182	201
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	3	123175,123182,123184	1066
Lanarkite ()*	None	Pb₂O(SO₄)	1	123182	97
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	2	123175,123182	593
Lautenthalite ()*	Devilline	PbCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	123182	18
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	123175,123182	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	5	123175,123178,123182,123184,123185	987
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	1	123182	139
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	123175,123179,123182	12537
Mattheddleite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(SiO₄)_1.5(SO₄)_1.5Cl	1	123182	32
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	123184	1066
Namuwite ()*	Ktenasite	Zn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·4H₂O	1	123182	58
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	1	123175	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	123175,123185,123186	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	3	123175,123176,123182	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9	123173,123175,123177,123178,123179,123182,123183,123185,123186	61156
Ramsbeckite ()*	None	Cu₁₅(SO₄)₄(OH)₂₂·6H₂O	2	123175,123182	68
Redgillite ()*	None	Cu₆(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·H₂O	2	123175,123182	45
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	123182	454
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	2	123175,123182	142
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	123182	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	123175	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	123182	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	123175,123186	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	10	123173,123175,123178,123179,123182,123183,123184,123185,123186,123187	21482
Steverustite ()*	None	Pb²⁺₅(OH)₅[Cu¹⁺(S⁶⁺O₃S^2-)₃](H₂O)₂	1	123182	17
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	123182	2045
Susannite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3	123175,123177,123182	99
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	3	123182,123183,123184	293
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	123182	95
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	123182	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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