Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Penegoes, Powys, Wales, UK

mindat Locality ID: 288644
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288644.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Penegoes, Powys, Wales, UK": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Afon Clyywedog Gorge
Bacheiddon Mine
Castle Rock Mine
Cwmbyr Mine
Cythfartha Mine
Dyfngwm Mine
Foel Lettymorfudd
Nant Cymdu Mine
Penycrocben
Rhoswydol Mine

Latitude: 52°32'25"N
Longitude: 3°43'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.540277777778,-3.7166666666667

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Ktenasite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Sulphur

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Namuwite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Ktenasite Linarite Malachite Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Sulphur

27 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)	2	123523,123532	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	123527,123528	3092
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	123527,123530	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	123526,123527,123530	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	3	123526,123527,123530	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	123522,123525,123526,123530,123531	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	123527,123530	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	123526,123530	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	123522,123527,123530	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	123527	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	8	123522,123523,123525,123527,123528,123530,123531,123532	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	123522	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	123522,123525,123526,123528,123530	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	4	123525,123526,123527,123532	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	123523	2228
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	2	123527,123530	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	123522,123524,123526,123527,123530	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	123523	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	123527	17380
Namuwite ()*	Ktenasite	Zn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·4H₂O	1	123527	58
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	123523,123525,123526,123527,123528,123530	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	123530	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	11	123522,123523,123524,123525,123526,123527,123528,123529,123530,123531,123532	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	4	123522,123524,123525,123526	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	11	123522,123523,123524,123525,123526,123527,123528,123529,123530,123531,123532	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	123527	2045
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	123527	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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