Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Rhayader, Powys, Wales, UK

mindat Locality ID: 24131
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24131.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rhayader, Powys, Wales, UK": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Cwm Elan Mine
Dalrhiw
Nant Paradwys
Nant-y-Car Mine
Nant-y-Garw Mine
Rhiwnant Mine
South Nant-y-Car Mine

Latitude: 52°14'16"N
Longitude: 3°37'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.237777777778,-3.6302777777778

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Linarite
Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Steverustite ()*	Susannite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Covellite Linarite
Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	123543	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	123541,123545	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	123543	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	3	123542,123543,123545	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3	123542,123543,123545	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	123543	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	123541,123542,123545	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	4	123541,123542,123543,123545	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	123540,123541,123544,123545	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	123543	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	123541,123543,123546	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	123541,123542,123545	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	123540,123541,123542,123543,123544,123545	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	123543	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4	123540,123541,123543,123545	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	123540,123541,123543,123544,123546	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	123543	1689
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	123543	201
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	2	123541,123543	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	123540	2228
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	4	123541,123542,123543,123545	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	123541,123542,123543,123545	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	123540,123541,123542,123544,123545	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	4	123541,123542,123543,123546	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	123540,123541,123543,123544,123545,123546	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	123543	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	123540,123541,123542,123543,123545	21482
Steverustite ()*	None	Pb²⁺₅(OH)₅[Cu¹⁺(S⁶⁺O₃S^2-)₃](H₂O)₂	1	123543	17
Susannite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	123543	99
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	2	123543,123546	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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