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Locality Name:
Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK


mindat Locality ID: 5020
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5020.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
A4119 Roadcutting
Bute Mine
Bute Quarry
Hendy Quarry
Llwyn-saer Mine
Mine BK-3
Mwyndy Mine
Rhiwsaeson (Gwern Efa)

Latitude: 51°31'33"N
Longitude: 3°21'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.525833333333,-3.3605555555556
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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C O Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlstoniteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumCovelliteDiasporeFluorite
MalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPalygorskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Alstonite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Barytocalcite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Malachite  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rosasite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Witherite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alstonite  (*)AlstoniteBaCa(CO3)23123576,123581,12358324
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11235792734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2123576,1235833250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61123578919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211235795509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)4123576,123580,123582,12358311547
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)2112358283
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3123576,123579,12358327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11235794979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23123578,123579,12358227198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11235764165
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211235799617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3123578,123579,12358324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)4123576,123577,123579,1235827437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3112357714640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11235791689
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23123576,123578,12357912537
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O1123582306
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22123582,12358339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22123580,12358261156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)22123578,123579454
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2123578,12358321482
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)2123576,123583251


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