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Locality Name:
Brynarian Mine (Cardigan Bay Consols Mine), Tre-Taliesin, Llangynfelyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK


mindat Locality ID: 5134
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5134.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brynarian Mine (Cardigan Bay Consols Mine), Tre-Taliesin, Llangynfelyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 52°30'16"N
Longitude: 3°58'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.504444444444,-3.9683333333333
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: C Co Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Co Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCaledoniteChalcopyriteDevillineKtenasiteLinariteMarcasiteMillerite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Lautenthalite  (*)Linarite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)Redgillite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)
Siegenite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Susannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)60359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Lautenthalite  (*)DevillinePbCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O018
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O068
Redgillite  (*)NoneCu6(SO4)(OH)10·H2O045
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O0142
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S40249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2099


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