Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Rhoswydol Mine, Penegoes, Powys, Wales, UK

mindat Locality ID: 290240
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-290240.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rhoswydol Mine, Penegoes, Powys, Wales, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Rhoswydol East Extension

Latitude: 52°33'49"N
Longitude: 3°42'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.563611111111,-3.7052777777778

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.

Baryte	Calcite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite None Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Calcite ()*	Galena ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	123532	2734
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	123532	24243
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	123532	1066
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	123532	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	123532	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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