Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Esgair Hir & Esgair Fraith Mines (Cambrian Mine; Cardigan Consolidated Mine; Welsh Potosi Mine; Kylon Potosi Mine), Nant-y-Moch Reservoir Area, Talybont, Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales, UK

mindat Locality ID: 4262
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4262.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Esgair Hir & Esgair Fraith Mines (Cambrian Mine; Cardigan Consolidated Mine; Welsh Potosi Mine; Kylon Potosi Mine), Nant-y-Moch Reservoir Area, Talybont, Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 52°30'16"N
Longitude: 3°52'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.504444444444,-3.8666666666667

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.

Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite
Chenite	Clay	Connellite	Covellite	Descloizite	Devilline	Diaspore	Ktenasite	Linarite	Malachite
Marcasite	Mica	Millerite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Serpentine
Sphalerite	Spinel	Ullmannite	hauchecornite

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 Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Bournonite Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite
Chenite Clay Connellite Covellite Descloizite Devilline Diaspore Ktenasite Linarite Malachite
Marcasite Mica Millerite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Serpentine
Sphalerite Spinel Ullmannite hauchecornite

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Bechererite ()*	Botallackite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chenite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Connellite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Elyite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Langite ()*	Lautenthalite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Mattheddleite ()*	Millerite ()*	Namuwite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Redgillite ()*	Schmiederite ()*
Schulenbergite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Steverustite ()*
Susannite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tučekite ()*	Ullmannite ()*	Violarite ()*
Wroewolfeite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Bechererite ()*	None	Zn₇Cu(OH)₁₃[SiO(OH)₃(SO₄)]	16
Botallackite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	49
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chenite ()*	Chenite	CuPb₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	40
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	295
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	378
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Elyite ()*	None	CuPb₄(SO₄)O₂(OH)₄·H₂O	85
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	201
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1066
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	593
Lautenthalite ()*	Devilline	PbCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	18
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Mattheddleite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(SiO₄)_1.5(SO₄)_1.5Cl	32
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Namuwite ()*	Ktenasite	Zn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·4H₂O	58
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Redgillite ()*	None	Cu₆(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·H₂O	45
Schmiederite ()*	Linarite	Cu₂Pb₂(Se⁴⁺O₃)(Se⁶⁺O₄)(OH)₄	13
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	142
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	292
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	249
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Steverustite ()*	None	Pb²⁺₅(OH)₅[Cu¹⁺(S⁶⁺O₃S^2-)₃](H₂O)₂	17
Susannite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	99
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1101
Tučekite ()*	hauchecornite	Ni₉Sb₂S₈	17
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	293
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	380
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	95
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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