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Locality Name:
Gwaith Yr Afon Mine (West Cwmsymlog Mine; Cwm Daren Mine; River Mine; Taliesan Mine), Goginan, Trefeirig, Ceredigion, Wales, UK


mindat Locality ID: 4272
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4272.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gwaith Yr Afon Mine (West Cwmsymlog Mine; Cwm Daren Mine; River Mine; Taliesan Mine), Goginan, Trefeirig, Ceredigion, Wales, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 52°26'9"N
Longitude: 3°55'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.435833333333,-3.9330555555556
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 As C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si Y Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteArseniosideriteBrochantiteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteConnelliteCopper
DevillineDiasporeLinariteMalachiteMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideriteQuartzRocksalt
TyroliteVivianite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Agardite-(Y)  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Langite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Parnauite  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Serpierite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O090
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O0194
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)20172
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O0194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O0295
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O0814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)0492
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O0105
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O0428
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)20454
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0292
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O0245
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O095


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