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Locality Name:
Llangynog Mine, Llangynog, Powys, Wales, UK


mindat Locality ID: 5271
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5271.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Llangynog Mine, Llangynog, Powys, Wales, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 52°49'9"N
Longitude: 3°24'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.819166666667,-3.4038888888889
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: Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O P Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteConnelliteKtenasiteLinarite
MalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSulphurWurtzite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bechererite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Connellite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Langite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Ramsbeckite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Steverustite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Susannite  (*)Witherite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bechererite  (*)NoneZn7Cu(OH)13[SiO(OH)3(SO4)]016
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)60359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O0295
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS0717
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)601066
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O068
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)20454
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O0142
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Steverustite  (*)NonePb2+5(OH)5[Cu1+(S6+O3S2-)3](H2O)2017
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2099
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)0251
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655


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