Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Old Mine, Great Orme, Llandudno, Conwy, Wales, UK

mindat Locality ID: 4814
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4814.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Old Mine, Great Orme, Llandudno, Conwy, Wales, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 53°19'48"N
Longitude: 3°50'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.33,-3.8455555555556

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Malachite	Marcasite
Millerite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	Wurtzite

Annabergite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*
Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Linnaeite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pyrite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spionkopite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tenorite ()*

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: As C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Malachite Marcasite
Millerite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Vivianite Wurtzite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	445
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	249
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	249
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	73
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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