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Locality Name:
Machen, Caerphilly, Wales, UK


mindat Locality ID: 288372
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288372.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Machen, Caerphilly, Wales, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Machen Quarry

Latitude: 51°35'25"N
Longitude: 3°7'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.590277777778,-3.1230555555556
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCovelliteDiasporeLinariteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltSerpentineSphalerite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fraipontite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11230432734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61123043919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)112304311547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O71123043450
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)112304327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11230434979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2112304327198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS11230432600
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11230434165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211230439895
Fraipontite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4112304349
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS112304324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11230437437
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11230431689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)611230431066
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21123043987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2112304312537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2112304339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2112304361156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)21123043454
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11230432473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS112304321482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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