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Locality Name:
Taff's Well, Cardiff, Wales, UK


mindat Locality ID: 31065
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31065.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Taff's Well, Cardiff, Wales, UK": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Castell Coch Quarry
Garth Mine (Little Garth Mine)
Taff's Well Quarry
Ton Mawr Quarry

Latitude: 51°32'1"N
Longitude: 3°16'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.533611111111,-3.2675

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: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumDiasporeMalachiteNonePyriteQuartz
Rocksalt

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11230673250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61123067919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3123066,123067,12306811547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4123065,123066,123067,12306827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11230674979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2112306727198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22123067,1230689895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS112306724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3123066,123067,1230687437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32123066,12306714640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2112306712537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2112306839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22123067,12306861156



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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