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:
Mt Snowdon, Gwynedd, Wales, UK

mindat Locality ID: 24419
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24419.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mt Snowdon, Gwynedd, Wales, UK": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Britannia Mine (Snowdon Mine)
Gallt Y Wenallt
Hafod Y Llan
Lliwedd Mine
Shadow Gully

Latitude: 53°3'34"N
Longitude: 4°3'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.059444444444,-4.0536111111111

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.

Amorphous	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcoalumite	Chalcopyrite	Connellite	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Lanthanite
Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Connellite ()*
Galena ()*	Georgeite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Lanthanite-(Ce) ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Posnjakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	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 Ce Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Brochantite Calcite Chalcoalumite Chalcopyrite Connellite Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Lanthanite
Linarite Malachite Marcasite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	123398	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	123398,123400,123401	27770
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	1	123398	91
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	123398,123400,123401	27198
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	123398	295
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	123400,123401	24243
Georgeite ()*	Amorphous	[Cu(OH)_2-x(H₂O)_x][CO₃]_x/2	1	123398	3
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	123398	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	123398	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	123402	14640
Lanthanite-(Ce) ()*	Lanthanite	Ce₂(CO₃)₃·8H₂O	1	123398	16
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	123398	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	123402	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	123398	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	123398	5674
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	1	123398	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	123398,123400,123401	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	123401	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	123401	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	123400,123401	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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