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Locality Name:
Bontgoch, Trefeirig, Ceredigion, Wales, UK


mindat Locality ID: 281171
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281171.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bontgoch, Trefeirig, Ceredigion, Wales, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Lletty Evanhen Mine (Vaughan Mine)

Latitude: 52°26'44"N
Longitude: 3°55'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.445555555556,-3.9213888888889
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: Al As C Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteChalcopyriteConnelliteLinariteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Connellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Langite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Redgillite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Susannite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11231492734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61123149919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211231495509
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O71123149450
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611231491633
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11231494979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11231495707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2112314927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11231493531
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O1123149295
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11231492970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS112314924243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11231491689
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1123149593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21123149987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2112314912537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11231491107
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O1123149309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2112314939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2112314961156
Redgillite  (*)NoneCu6(SO4)(OH)10·H2O112314945
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS112314921482
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2112314999
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311231495317


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