Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Risca, Caerphilly, Wales, UK

mindat Locality ID: 26290
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26290.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Risca, Caerphilly, Wales, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ochrwyth Mine
Risca Colliery (Blackvein Colliery)
Risca Quarry

Latitude: 51°36'26"N
Longitude: 3°6'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.607222222222,-3.1127777777778

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	Millerite	None	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt

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 Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Millerite None Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Galena ()*	Millerite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	123052	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	123052	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	1	123050	450
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	123050	24243
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	123051	1066
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	123051,123052	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	123051	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	123050	2473

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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