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:
Flintshire, Wales, UK

mindat Locality ID: 17907
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17907.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Flintshire, Wales, UK": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Dyserth
Halkyn
Hendre Limestone Quarry
Holywell
Llanasa
Mold

Latitude: 53°15'40"N
Longitude: 3°16'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.261111111111,-3.2677777777778

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Enargite	Epsomite	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	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: As C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Enargite Epsomite Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group
Rocksalt Sphalerite Wurtzite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Enargite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goslarite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	123248,123258,123259,123267	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	123259	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	123248,123259	27198
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	123248	910
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	123248,123258,123259,123267	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	123248,123258,123259,123267	24243
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	123261	188
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	123261	1689
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	123259	12537
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	123261	1725
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	5	123256,123258,123259,123261,123267	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	123248,123258,123259,123267	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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