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Locality Name:
Amlwch, Isle Of Anglesey, Wales, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 436
Youngest recorded age at locality: 436

mindat Locality ID: 53762
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53762.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Amlwch, Isle Of Anglesey, Wales, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Pant-y-Gaseg Mine
Parys Mountain Mines (Paris Mine; Parys Mine; Mona Mine; Morfa Du Mine)

Latitude: 53°24'17"N
Longitude: 4°22'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.404722222222,-4.3669444444444
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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteArsenicBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCopiapite
CopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeGeocroniteGypsumHalotrichiteKaoliniteKobelliteMalachite
MarcasiteMelanteriteMiniumNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
SphaleriteSpinelStarkeyiteStibniteSulphurTetrahedrite

53 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copiapite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Felsőbányaite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Jordanite  (*)Kobellite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Minium  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spionkopite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO243643611234212162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)43643611234212734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)43643611234211588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)243643611234213092
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211234205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)436436112342111547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi43643611234211966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S343643611234211935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS443643611234215516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS343643611234211089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)436436112342127770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O4364361123421925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S43643611234215707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24364362123420,12342127198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O4364361123421382
Copper  (*)CopperCu43643611234213846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS43643611234214165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O43643611234212970
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41123420651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)24364362123420,1234219895
Felsőbányaite  (*)NoneAl4(SO4)(OH)10·4H2O436436112342166
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS436436112342124243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S44364361123421192
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)43643611234217437
Gold  (*)CopperAu436436112342130554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O43643611234216890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O4364361123421409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3436436112342114640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O343643611234215433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)643643611234212228
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S234364361123421105
Kobellite  (*)KobellitePb11(Cu,Fe)2(Bi,Sb)15S35436436112342187
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4436436112342114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)24364362123420,12342112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS243643611234215674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O4364361123421915
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O44364361123421247
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O4364361123421265
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2436436112342139462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl43643611234211725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S843643611234219056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24364362123420,12342161156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O4364361123421177
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O4364361123421293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO243643611234215614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)43643611234216417
Silver  (*)CopperAg43643611234215186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS436436112342121482
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S28436436112342173
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS43643611234212045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1343643611234211803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO43643611234211101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1343643611234215317


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-00492436436Silurian       S4245Parys Mountain Mines (Paris Mine; Parys Mine; Mona Mine; Morfa Du Mine), Amlwch, Isle Of Anglesey, Wales, UKParys MountainMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

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