Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dylife, Machynlleth, Powys, Wales, UK

mindat Locality ID: 276013
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276013.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dylife, Machynlleth, Powys, Wales, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Dylife Mine (Pen Dylife Mine; Esgairgaled Mine; Llechwedd Ddu Mine; Blaen Twymyn Mine)

Latitude: 52°31'56"N
Longitude: 3°39'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.532222222222,-3.6583333333333

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	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Copper	Covellite	Devilline	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Ktenasite	Linarite	Malachite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bechererite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Dickite ()*	Galena ()*
Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Langite ()*	Lautenthalite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Namuwite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Ramsbeckite ()*	Redgillite ()*	Schmiederite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*	Serpierite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Susannite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Se Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Clay
Copper Covellite Devilline Gypsum Kaolinite Ktenasite Linarite Malachite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Wurtzite

40 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	123517	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	123517	3092
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	123517	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	123517	11547
Bechererite ()*	None	Zn₇Cu(OH)₁₃[SiO(OH)₃(SO₄)]	1	123517	16
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	123517	1633
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	123517	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	123517	4979
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	1	123517	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	123517	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	123517	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	123517	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	123517	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	123517	651
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	123517	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	123517	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	123517	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	123517	1689
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	123517	201
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	123517	1066
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	123517	593
Lautenthalite ()*	Devilline	PbCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	123517	18
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	123517	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	123517	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	123517	1107
Namuwite ()*	Ktenasite	Zn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·4H₂O	1	123517	58
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	123517	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	123517	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	123517	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	123517	61156
Ramsbeckite ()*	None	Cu₁₅(SO₄)₄(OH)₂₂·6H₂O	1	123517	68
Redgillite ()*	None	Cu₆(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·H₂O	1	123517	45
Schmiederite ()*	Linarite	Cu₂Pb₂(Se⁴⁺O₃)(Se⁶⁺O₄)(OH)₄	1	123517	13
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	1	123517	142
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	123517	292
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	123517	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	123517	21482
Susannite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	123517	99
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	123517	95
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	123517	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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