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Locality Name:
Llanidloes, Powys, Wales, UK


mindat Locality ID: 23969
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23969.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Llanidloes, Powys, Wales, UK": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Aberdaunant Mine
Bryntail Mine
Crowlwm Mine
Cwm Fron Mine
Dolwen Mine
Geufron Mine
Glyn Mine
Gorn Mine
Gwestyn Mine
Hafod Feddgar Mine
Newchapel Mine
Pen-y-Clun Mine
Tylwch United Mine
Van Mine

Latitude: 52°27'13"N
Longitude: 3°34'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.453611111111,-3.5680555555556

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteConnelliteCopperDiasporeHarmotome
LinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Harmotome  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Langite  (*)Lead  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Witherite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2123500,1235062734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211235043092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11235123250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61123500919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)9123500,123502,123503,123505,123507,123508,123511,123512,12351411547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611235061633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2123500,12350527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)4123500,123501,123506,1235134979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11235005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22123505,12350627198
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O1123506295
Copper  (*)CopperCu3123506,123509,1235103846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11235062970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211235069895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS8123500,123501,123502,123504,123506,123512,123513,12351424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11235007437
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O2123508,123512290
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)611235141066
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1123506593
Lead  (*)CopperPb2123509,123510192
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)24123500,123504,123506,123513987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23123500,123505,12350612537
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O1123510309
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl3123500,123504,1235131725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO28123500,123504,123505,123506,123507,123512,123513,12351461156
Silver  (*)CopperAg11235145186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11235122473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS5123500,123501,123504,123513,12351421482
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)6123500,123502,123505,123508,123512,123514251
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42123500,1235061655



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