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:
Vale Of Towy, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK

mindat Locality ID: 187902
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187902.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vale Of Towy, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cystanog Mine (North Towy & Cystanog Mine; Llangunnor Mine; Grand Duchess Mine; North Towy Mine; Pen-Lan Mine; Carmarthen Mine; Hendir Mine)
South Towy Mine
Vale Of Towy Mine (Carmarthen Consols)

Latitude: 51°51'14"N
Longitude: 4°15'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.853888888889,-4.2636111111111

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	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Linarite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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: Ba C Ca Cl Cu H O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Linarite None Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Galena ()*
Linarite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	123072,123073,123074	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	123074	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	123074	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	123072,123074	4979
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	123072,123073,123074	24243
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	123074	987
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	2	123072,123074	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	123072	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	123074	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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