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Locality Name:
Cwmystwyth, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK


mindat Locality ID: 280325
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280325.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cwmystwyth, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cwmystwyth Mine

Latitude: 52°21'24"N
Longitude: 3°45'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.356666666667,-3.7563888888889
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteKtenasiteLinarite
MalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteWurtzite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Langite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)Redgillite  (*)
Schulenbergite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Susannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11231752734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61123175919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211231755509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411231755516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611231751633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)112317527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11231754979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2112317527198
Copper  (*)CopperCu11231753846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11231754165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS112317524243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1123175717
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11231751689
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)21123175201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)611231751066
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1123175593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)21123175265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21123175987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2112317512537
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O1123175309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2112317539462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11231751725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2112317561156
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O112317568
Redgillite  (*)NoneCu6(SO4)(OH)10·H2O112317545
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O1123175142
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11231756417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11231752473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS112317521482
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2112317599


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