Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Ystumtuen, Cwmrheidol, Ceredigion, Wales, UK

mindat Locality ID: 29412
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29412.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ystumtuen, Cwmrheidol, Ceredigion, Wales, UK": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bwlchgwyn Mine (Nanteos Mine)
Cwmrheidol Mine
Penrhiw Mine (Penyberth Mine)
Ystumtuen Mine

Latitude: 52°23'27"N
Longitude: 3°51'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.390833333333,-3.8591666666667

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Devilline	Gypsum	Ktenasite	Linarite
Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Sulphur

Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Lautenthalite ()*	Leadhillite ()*
Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Queitite ()*	Ramsbeckite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*	Serpierite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Wroewolfeite ()*

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 Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Covellite Devilline Gypsum Ktenasite Linarite
Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Sulphur

29 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)	1	123124	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	123124	5509
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	123124	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	123124	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	123124	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	123122,123124	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	123124	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	123124	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	123123	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	123122,123123,123124,123125	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	123123	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	123124	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	123124	1066
Lautenthalite ()*	Devilline	PbCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	123124	18
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	123124	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	2	123122,123124	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	123122,123124	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	3	123123,123124,123125	5674
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	1	123124	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	123122,123123,123124,123125	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	123122,123123,123125	61156
Queitite ()*	None	Zn₂Pb₄(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(SO₄)	1	123124	7
Ramsbeckite ()*	None	Cu₁₅(SO₄)₄(OH)₂₂·6H₂O	1	123124	68
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	1	123124	142
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	123124	292
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	123122,123123,123125	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	2	123122,123125	589
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	123124	2045
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	123124	95

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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