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:
Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, UK

mindat Locality ID: 25819
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25819.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Dowlais
Merthyr Tydfil
Trefechan
Treharris

Latitude: 51°44'2"N
Longitude: 3°21'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.733888888889,-3.3652777777778

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Epsomite	Ettringite	Fluorite	Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Marcasite
Melanterite	Millerite	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dickite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Halotrichite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Millerite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Siderite ()*
Siegenite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Thaumasite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Epsomite Ettringite Fluorite Halotrichite Kaolinite Marcasite
Melanterite Millerite None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	123437	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	123435,123437	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	123435	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	123437	27198
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	123437	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	123435,123437	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	123437	484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	123435	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	123435,123437	24243
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	123437	409
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	123435	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	123437	915
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2	123433,123437	1066
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	123435	39462
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	123437	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	1	123437	249
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	123437	21482
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	2	123432,123433	183

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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