Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Aberdaunant Mine, Llanidloes, Powys, Wales, UK

mindat Locality ID: 5189
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5189.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aberdaunant Mine, Llanidloes, Powys, Wales, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pen-y-gaer Extension

Latitude: 52°28'2"N
Longitude: 3°36'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.467222222222,-3.6088888888889

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Diaspore	Linarite	Malachite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Witherite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Diaspore Linarite Malachite None Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Sphalerite

15 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)	0		2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	0		919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	123501	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	123501	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	0		987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	0		1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	123501	21482
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	0		251
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	0		1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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