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Locality Name:
Neath Port Talbot, Wales, UK


mindat Locality ID: 28211
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28211.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Neath Port Talbot, Wales, UK": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Crynant
Dyffryn Cellwen
Glyn-Neath
Kenfig
Melincourt
Mines Royal And Crown Copper Works (Mines Royal Copper Works)
Onllwyn

Latitude: 51°44'38"N
Longitude: 3°41'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.743888888889,-3.6947222222222
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 C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Ni O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteAtacamiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayConnelliteCopperDevilline
GypsumKaoliniteMarcasiteMicaMilleriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteSpinel

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Botallackite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Dickite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Langite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)23123446,123448,1234523092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2123449,1234503250
Botallackite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)32123449,12345049
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611234501633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4123442,123449,123450,12345227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2112345227198
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O1123450295
Copper  (*)CopperCu11234503846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2123449,1234502970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1123450366
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42123446,123452651
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11234442740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS112345224243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11234506890
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1123450593
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211234485674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS3123442,123444,1234521066
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2112344117380
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O1123450309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24123442,123444,123448,12345239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24123442,123444,123448,12345261156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)4123442,123444,123448,1234526417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S41123452249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4123442,123446,123448,12345221482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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