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Locality Name:
Bridgend, Wales, UK


mindat Locality ID: 15775
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15775.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bridgend, Wales, UK": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Blaengarw
Cefn Cribwr
Hirwaun
Maesteg
Pontyrhyl (Pont-y-rhyl)
Porthcawl
Pricetown
Wyndham

Latitude: 51°36'24"N
Longitude: 3°35'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.606666666667,-3.5941666666667
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 Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo Ni O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrauniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumDescloiziteDiaspore
KaoliniteMarcasiteMilleriteNonePalygorskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite
Spinel

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Palygorskite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrobelonite  (*)Quartz  (*)Romanèchite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211230103092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11230103250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)112302111547
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)1123021483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2123020,12302127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22123010,12302627198
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41123012651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22123010,1230219895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11230122740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4123010,123012,123016,12302624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2123020,1230217437
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O41123021350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3112302114640
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22123012,1230185674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS6123010,123012,123016,123023,123025,1230261066
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O1123021306
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2112301239462
Pyrobelonite  (*)DescloizitePbMn2+VO4(OH)112302121
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23123010,123020,12302161156
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O101123021312
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)6123010,123012,123016,123023,123025,1230266417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S43123010,123012,123023249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2123010,12302621482
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1123021605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411230211655


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