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:
Pen-bont Rhydybeddau, Trefeirig, Ceredigion, Wales, UK

mindat Locality ID: 25837
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25837.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pen-bont Rhydybeddau, Trefeirig, Ceredigion, Wales, UK": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Bwlch Mine (Bwlch Consols Mine; Bwlch United Mine; Bwlch Cwmerfin Mine)
Bwlchrhennaid Mine (Level Newydd Mine)
Cerrig Yr Wyn Mine (Cerrigyrwyn Mine)
Ceunant Mine
Cwm Sebon Mine (South Daren Mine; Thomas United Mines; Thomas's United Mines)
Cwmdaren Mine (Cwm Darren Mine; Lefel Gopor Mine; Copper Level Mine; Twll Y Mwyn Mine)
Daren Mine (Old Daren Mine; Darren Consolidated Mine; Daren United Mine; Great Darren Mine; Darren Mine)
Llechwedd Helyg Mine (Willow Bank Mine)

Latitude: 52°25'49"N
Longitude: 3°55'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.430277777778,-3.9255555555556

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.

Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Chenite
Copper	Covellite	Devilline	Diaspore	Feldspar	Ktenasite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite

Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bechererite ()*
Bindheimite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chenite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Elyite ()*	Erythrite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Langite ()*	Lautenthalite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Mattheddleite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Namuwite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Redgillite ()*	Rutile ()*
Schmiederite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Steverustite ()*	Susannite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wroewolfeite ()*	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: Al As Au C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Se Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Baryte Bournonite Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Chenite
Copper Covellite Devilline Diaspore Feldspar Ktenasite Linarite Malachite Marcasite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Vivianite

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	123164	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	3	123159,123164,123165	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	123164	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	123159	5509
Bechererite ()*	None	Zn₇Cu(OH)₁₃[SiO(OH)₃(SO₄)]	1	123159	16
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	1	123159	450
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	123165	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	4	123158,123161,123164,123165	1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	3	123159,123164,123165	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	123165	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	3	123159,123164,123165	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	123159,123164,123165	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	123165	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	123159,123162,123163,123164,123165	27198
Chenite ()*	Chenite	CuPb₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	123165	40
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	123165	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	123159,123165	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	123159	2970
Elyite ()*	None	CuPb₄(SO₄)O₂(OH)₄·H₂O	1	123165	85
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	123160,123164	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	123158,123159,123160,123162,123163,123164,123165	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	123164,123165	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	123164,123165	30554
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	123159	1689
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	123164,123165	201
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	3	123158,123159,123165	1066
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	3	123159,123164,123165	593
Lautenthalite ()*	Devilline	PbCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	123164	18
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	3	123159,123164,123165	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	123159,123164,123165	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	123165	5674
Mattheddleite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(SiO₄)_1.5(SO₄)_1.5Cl	2	123164,123165	32
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	123164	1107
Namuwite ()*	Ktenasite	Zn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·4H₂O	1	123159	58
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	123164,123165	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	123165	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	4	123160,123163,123164,123165	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	123158,123159,123160,123163,123164,123165	61156
Redgillite ()*	None	Cu₆(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·H₂O	3	123159,123164,123165	45
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	123164	5614
Schmiederite ()*	Linarite	Cu₂Pb₂(Se⁴⁺O₃)(Se⁶⁺O₄)(OH)₄	1	123165	13
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	123158,123159,123164,123165	21482
Steverustite ()*	None	Pb²⁺₅(OH)₅[Cu¹⁺(S⁶⁺O₃S^2-)₃](H₂O)₂	1	123165	17
Susannite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3	123159,123164,123165	99
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	123164	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	123159,123163,123164	5317
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	2	123164,123165	95
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	4	123159,123163,123164,123165	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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