Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Caerphilly, Wales, UK

mindat Locality ID: 17383
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17383.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caerphilly, Wales, UK": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Abertridwr
Bargoed
Bedwas
Crumlin
Draethen
Llanbradach
Machen
Maen Llwyd
Markham
Oakdale
Risca
Senghenydd
Wyllie
Ystrad Mynach

Latitude: 51°37'47"N
Longitude: 3°11'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.629722222222,-3.1911111111111

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Diaspore	Hexahydrite	Kaolinite	Kieserite
Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Millerite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt
Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bindheimite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Covellite ()*	Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fraipontite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Nickelhexahydrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rosasite ()*	Siderite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Szomolnokite ()*

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 Co Cu Fe H Hg Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Diaspore Hexahydrite Kaolinite Kieserite
Linarite Malachite Marcasite Millerite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt
Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel

31 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)	2	123039,123043	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	123031	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	4	123029,123031,123033,123048	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	4	123037,123038,123043,123052	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	7	123029,123037,123038,123043,123048,123052,123054	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	2	123043,123050	450
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	123029,123043	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4	123037,123038,123043,123044	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	123041,123043,123046,123054	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	123043	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	123043	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	123041	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4	123031,123033,123043,123044	9895
Fraipontite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Zn,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	1	123043	49
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	10	123029,123031,123037,123038,123041,123043,123044,123046,123050,123058	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	123031,123038,123043	7437
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	3	123037,123038,123043	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	123043	1066
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	123043	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	123043,123046	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	123056	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	10	123029,123031,123033,123041,123046,123048,123051,123054,123056,123058	1066
Nickelhexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	123041	37
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	123031,123043	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	123029,123033,123043,123046,123048,123051,123052	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	123043	454
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	8	123029,123031,123033,123041,123048,123051,123054,123058	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	4	123029,123041,123048,123054	249
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	3	123038,123043,123050	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	123029,123031,123043,123046	21482
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O	1	123035	139

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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