Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Isle Of Anglesey, Wales, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 436
Youngest recorded age at locality: 436

mindat Locality ID: 22716
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22716.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Isle Of Anglesey, Wales, UK": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Amlwch
Church Bay
Llanddwyn Bay
Llaneilian
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
Menai Bridge
Rhoscolyn
SS Liverpool Wreck Site

Latitude: 53°18'18"N
Longitude: 4°22'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.305,-4.3747222222222

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenic	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Copiapite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Geocronite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Kobellite
Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Minium	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Apatite Arsenic Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay
Copiapite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Geocronite Gypsum Halotrichite Kaolinite Kobellite
Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Minium Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite

57 IMA Minerals at location:

Abhurite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Azurite ()*	Barroisite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Felsőbányaite ()*	Galena ()*
Galenobismutite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Jordanite ()*	Kobellite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Minium ()*
Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Ranciéite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rozenite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spionkopite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Abhurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Sn²⁺₂₁O₆(OH)₁₄Cl₁₆	0	0	1	123430	7
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	436	436	1	123421	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	436	436	1	123421	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	436	436	1	123421	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	436	436	1	123421	3092
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	123420	5509
Barroisite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	123426	49
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	436	436	1	123421	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	436	436	1	123421	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	436	436	1	123421	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	436	436	1	123421	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	436	436	1	123421	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	436	436	1	123421	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	436	436	1	123421	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	436	436	1	123421	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	436	436	3	123420,123421,123425	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	123429	3902
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	436	436	1	123421	382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	436	436	2	123421,123425	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	436	436	1	123421	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	436	436	1	123421	2970
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	123420	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	436	436	2	123420,123421	9895
Felsőbányaite ()*	None	Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·4H₂O	436	436	1	123421	66
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	436	436	1	123421	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	436	436	1	123421	192
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	436	436	1	123421	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	436	436	1	123421	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	436	436	1	123421	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	436	436	1	123421	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	436	436	1	123421	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	436	436	1	123421	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	436	436	1	123421	2228
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	436	436	1	123421	105
Kobellite ()*	Kobellite	Pb₁₁(Cu,Fe)₂(Bi,Sb)₁₅S₃₅	436	436	1	123421	87
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	436	436	2	123421,123429	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	436	436	2	123420,123421	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	436	436	1	123421	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	436	436	1	123421	915
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	436	436	1	123421	247
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	436	436	1	123421	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	436	436	2	123421,123425	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	436	436	1	123421	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	436	436	1	123421	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	436	436	4	123420,123421,123422,123425	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	436	436	1	123421	177
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	123427	969
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	436	436	1	123421	293
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	436	436	1	123421	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	436	436	1	123421	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	436	436	1	123421	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	436	436	1	123421	21482
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	436	436	1	123421	73
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	436	436	1	123421	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	436	436	1	123421	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	436	436	1	123421	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	436	436	1	123421	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00492	436	436	Silurian										S	4245	Parys Mountain Mines (Paris Mine; Parys Mine; Mona Mine; Morfa Du Mine), Amlwch, Isle Of Anglesey, Wales, UK	Parys Mountain	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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