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:
Wrexham, Wales, UK

mindat Locality ID: 24081
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24081.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wrexham, Wales, UK": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bwlchgwyn
Minera

Latitude: 53°3'59"N
Longitude: 3°6'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.066388888889,-3.1011111111111

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cyanotrichite	Garnet	Linarite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Linarite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*
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: Al C Ca Cd Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Cyanotrichite Garnet Linarite Marcasite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Wurtzite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	123640	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	123636	2734
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	123638,123639,123640	27770
Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₂·2H₂O	1	123636	88
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	123639	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	123636	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	123636,123638,123639	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	123639	717
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	123639	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	3	123638,123639,123640	1066
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	123636	987
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	123638,123640	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	123638,123640	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	123639,123640	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	123639	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	123638,123639,123640	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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