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Locality Name:
Gwydyr Forest Area, Conwy, Wales, UK


mindat Locality ID: 46137
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46137.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gwydyr Forest Area, Conwy, Wales, UK": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Betws-y-coed
Llanrwst
Trefriw

Latitude: 53°8'5"N
Longitude: 3°49'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.134722222222,-3.8244444444444
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteCopiapiteDundasiteGypsumKtenasiteMarcasite
MelanteriteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Ankerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copiapite  (*)Dundasite  (*)Fibroferrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Namuwite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O1123217470
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211232123092
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2123212,12321827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3123213,123216,1232174979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2112321827198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O1123220382
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O2123213,12321797
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O1123220107
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4123215,123216,123217,12321824243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11232206890
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)63123212,123216,1232181066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611232202228
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23123213,123215,1232185674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1123220915
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211232205800
Namuwite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O112321258
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2112322039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811232209056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22123212,12321761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4123212,123215,123217,12321821482


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