Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Porthcawl, Bridgend, Wales, UK

mindat Locality ID: 187901
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187901.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Porthcawl, Bridgend, Wales, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kenfig Sands
Ty Coch Mine

Latitude: 51°30'33"N
Longitude: 3°43'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.509166666667,-3.7233333333333

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	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Descloizite	Diaspore	None	Palygorskite
Quartz	Scheelite	Spinel

Baryte ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*
Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Pyrobelonite ()*	Quartz ()*
Romanèchite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Fe H Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Baryte Braunite Calcite Clay Corundum Descloizite Diaspore None Palygorskite
Quartz Scheelite Spinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	123021	11547
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	123021	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	123020,123021	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	123021	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	123020,123021	7437
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	123021	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	123021	14640
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	123021	306
Pyrobelonite ()*	Descloizite	PbMn²⁺VO₄(OH)	1	123021	21
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	123020,123021	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	123021	312
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	123021	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	123021	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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