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:
Hafren Forest, Powys, Wales, UK

mindat Locality ID: 223557
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-223557.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hafren Forest, Powys, Wales, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Nant Y Rickett
Nant Yr Eira Mine (Snowbrook Mine)
Nantiago Mine (Plynlimmon Mine)

Latitude: 52°27'59"N
Longitude: 3°42'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.466388888889,-3.7088888888889

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	123490	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	123490	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	123489,123491	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	123490	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	123490	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	123490	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	123491	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	123491	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	123490	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	123491	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	123490	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	123491	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	123490	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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