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Locality Name:
Vigra Mine, Bontddu, Dolgellau Gold Belt, Gwynedd, Wales, UK


mindat Locality ID: 5293
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5293.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vigra Mine, Bontddu, Dolgellau Gold Belt, Gwynedd, Wales, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Trial Level

Latitude: 52°45'18"N
Longitude: 3°59'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.755,-3.99
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 Au C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mn O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteArsenopyriteBrochantiteCalciteChalcoalumiteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopper
CovelliteDevillineGypsumMalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRhodonite
SphaleriteTyroliteVivianite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcoalumite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Langite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Monohydrocalcite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11233203250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11233209052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611233201633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O112332091
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11233205707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O1123320194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11233203531
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1123320966
Copper  (*)CopperCu11233203846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11233204165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11233202970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1123320366
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O1123320814
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11233206890
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1123320593
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2112332012537
Monohydrocalcite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)·H2O112332055
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2112332039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811233209056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2112332061156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)0969
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS112332021482
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O1123320245
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O112332095


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