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Frongoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UKi
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Frongoch MineMine (Abandoned)
PontrhydygroesVillage
Upper Llanfihangell-y-CreuddynParish
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
52° 21' 7'' North , 3° 52' 35'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
UK National Grid Reference:
SN722744
Type:
Mine (Abandoned) - last checked 2019
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Pontrhydfendigaid712 (2017)7.8km
Capel Bangor256 (2017)8.5km
Llanilar1,085 (2017)10.1km
Bow Street1,572 (2017)14.3km
Penparcau3,088 (2011)14.6km
Mindat Locality ID:
4724
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:4724:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Fron-Goch Mine; Bron-y-Goch Mine; Llawynwnwch Mine; Dyfed; Cardiganshire


Frongoch is located 15 km ESE of Aberystwyth and was a major lead & zinc producer by nineteenth-century standards.

History:

First mentioned in the late 1750s and worked almost continuously to 1903.

In the early working of Frongoch galena was the ore mineral, while sphalerite was either left standing in the mine or thrown on the dumps, with poor grade lead ore.

When zinc ore could be sold for a profit the old lead stopes were stripped back for the sphalerite. This was done sporadically from the 1840s but mostly produced after 1878 to the end of the underground mine's life in 1903.

From the 1920s to the 1930s the dumps were reworked on a substantial scale producing about 6,000 metric tonnes of ore.

In the 1950s, a small dressing plant was used to reclaim the lead and zinc ore from the dumps. The output from these later sporadic small scale dump workings is not recorded.

Over the years the dump material has also been used for hardcore in the mid to late 1980s but because of environmental concerns, it has stopped.

Over recent years the concern of heavy metal outflow from the dumps has prompted the local council to attempt containment of the water in a holding lagoon.

For some years there has been a sawmill on the northeast of the site. The wood shavings from the mill have covered large areas of the dumps in this area. As a result of this encroachment on the dumps, in 2003 a few hundred metric tonnes of the dump material were moved 200m further south on the mine site. The sawmill has now stopped working as of 2012 and there is no further encroachment on the dumps.

Frongoch is one of the few mines in mid-Wales to use steam for working. In 1841 a 40-inch steam engine was working on the site. Not only was it used for pumping, but the water was reused to work some of the waterwheels. In the 1870s a 60-inch Cornish Beam engine was installed, pumping from a depth of 117 fathoms. The mine also used a 25-inch steam engine for winding and crushing.

Frongoch has a total estimated production of 61,000 metric tonnes of lead ore, and 50,000 metric tonnes of zinc ore. There are incomplete statistics for silver extracted from lead ore of 24,000 oz.

As of September 2018, a great deal of the 'lagoon' area has been landscaped with new ponds and only a small amount of the original site is left. An information board was installed about this work. The sawmill has been replaced by a business that appears to rebuild Land Rovers, it is a scrapyard in effect and several large excavators have been at work burying most of the tips etc. The notices on the gates make it very clear that whilst there is nothing they can do about the public footpaths across the site, you are not at all welcome.

Geology:

The fault vein at Frongoch has been traced for about 3 km but has been said to extend a further 2 km WSW-ENE, which is a typical trend for veins in mid-Wales. Also quite usual for fault systems in this area is their discontinuous nature, commonly splitting up into many thin strings, and reuniting. Where the veinlets coalesced there was sometimes an improvement in ore quality. The fault cuts through Silurian mudstones/shales, arenites of the Devils Bridge Formation, of Llandovery age. In the Frongoch mine, the ore appears to have occurred where the veinlets came together. There also appear to have been two discontinuous ore shoots worked. One on the south side, the other on the north side of the fault system. The main ore minerals were galena and sphalerite, which was found throughout the developed area, although there was an increase in sphalerite in depth, with a decrease in galena.

Note on the mineral list:

Rust (2019) also lists the following unidentified species as occurring here:

- "Unnamed Lead Zinc basic Sulphate" as purplish-blue crystals (SEM) overgrowing possible steverustite with creamy white susannite,

- "Unnamed basic Zinc Sulphate" as a single known specimen of very thin pale blue to colourless petal-like crystals associated with white hemimorphite crystallites.

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Mineral List

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58 valid minerals. 1 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.

Rock Types Recorded


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Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Acanthite
Formula: Ag2S
Habit: arborescent spiky
Colour: metallic grey-black
Description: Only found twice as a post-mining/post-collecting product on cerussite and native silver
ⓘ Anglesite
Formula: PbSO4
Habit: Prismatic, bladed, blocky, tabular, arborescent, feathery
Colour: Colourless, white, tinted yellow
Description: Commonly found on partly oxidized galena coated by covellite or related species in the post-mining assemblage, very rarely on in-situ vein alteration.
ⓘ Aurichalcite
Formula: (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Habit: Crusts of lath-like crystals
Colour: Whiteish to light blue-green
Description: Crystals to 0.3mm and masses to 1cm with malachite. Note some very pale blue to white masses of intergrown lath crystals of supposed aurichalcite from this mine have been tested (XRD), and found not to be this species, although near to it.
✪ Bechererite
Formula: Zn7Cu(OH)13[(SiO(OH)3(SO4)]
Habit: Prismatic inverted cone-like
Colour: Colourless white, pale green, and blue
Description: Colourless to pale blue-green cone-like crystals to 0.8mm in druse crusts to 2cms (XRD). Associated with caledonite, susannite, cerussite, hydrocerussite, hemimorphite. Examples from this mine are the first in Britain (third in mid-Wales) and probably the best in the world.
ⓘ Bianchite
Formula: Zn(H2O)6(SO4)
Description: Noted to have occurred as an effervescence in the summer of 2006 on mine waste. The paper does not state which method was used to confirm the mineral.
ⓘ Bindheimite
Formula: Pb2Sb2O6O
Habit: Massive, powdery
Colour: Shades of yellow
Description: pale yellow crusts to several cms (XRD), commonly associated with cerussite.
ⓘ Brianyoungite
Formula: Zn3(CO3,SO4)(OH)4
Habit: bladed
Colour: White
Description: Visually indistinguishable in hand specimens from hydrozincite, brianyoungite forms white bladed crystals <0.5mm on cleavage/fractures covering areas to several centimetres on masses of sphalerite sometimes with gypsum
ⓘ Brochantite
Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
Habit: Drusy bladed crystals, powdery
Colour: Emerald green
Description: Crusts of minute emerald green crystals (XRD), associated with linarite, langite, wroewolfeite, lautenthalite.
✪ Caledonite
Formula: Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
Habit: Acicular prismatic
Colour: Pale sky blue to blue-green, white (rare)
Description: Light blue to pale green crystals to 2mm (very good for Wales) (XRD). Associated mostly with susannite.
ⓘ Cerussite
Formula: PbCO3
Habit: Various habits
Colour: Colourless, white, also tinted green or blue.
Description: Colourless to creamy crystals to 2cm, reticulated masses to 5cms (XRD).
ⓘ Cesàrolite
Formula: PbMn4+3O6(OH)2
Habit: crusts to <2mm, botryoidal
Colour: grey-black
ⓘ Chalcoalumite ?
Formula: CuAl4(SO4)(OH)12 · 3H2O
Description: Recorded without description by Camm (1993).
ⓘ Chalcocite
Formula: Cu2S
Description: Replacement of galena in association with oxidising primary copper species. Note that a metallic grey sulphide with conchoidal fracture has not been analytically confirmed and could be a related species such as djurleite or digenite (Rust, 2019).
ⓘ Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
Habit: Massive, sphenoidal crystals
Colour: Dull brassy
Description: Veinlets to 5mm wide, very rare part formed crystals to 2mm with a black-grey surface alteration of an undefined copper sulphide.
ⓘ 'Chlorite Group'
ⓘ Chrysocolla
Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Habit: Crusts
Colour: Dull blue-green
Description: Thin pale blue-green crusts & pseudomorphs after octahedral cuprite, massive chalcopyrite, and botryoidal malachite.
ⓘ Corkite
Formula: PbFe3+3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Habit: tiny, steeply acute rhombic crystals
Colour: colourless to yellow-green
ⓘ 'Corkite-Hinsdalite Series'
Description: This entry is necessary for unanalysed specimens of corkite/hinsdalite.
ⓘ Covellite
Formula: CuS
Habit: Thin platy
Colour: Dark metallic blue
Description: Replacement of galena & chalcopyrite.
ⓘ Cuprite
Formula: Cu2O
Habit: Massive, and octahedral crystals
Colour: Bright to dull maroon
Description: Maroon crystals to 0.3mm, associated with cerussite, chrysocolla, and malachite.
ⓘ Elyite
Formula: Pb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4 · H2O
Habit: Intergrown lath-like
Colour: Pale purple
Description: Minute pale purple crystals on hydrocerussite (EPMA).
ⓘ Galena
Formula: PbS
Description: At all the other mines I have visited within a 10 mile radius (around Cwmystwyth and Ysbyty Ystwyth area) it has been common for the galena to occur as deposits directly onto the slate, often just as thin coverings but also as larger nodules. At Wemyss however it is notable that the galena is almost always intimately associated with bright white quartz suggesting the two minerals were deposited simultaneously and the two are very common as fist size lumps or larger.
ⓘ Galena var. Silver-bearing Galena
Formula: PbS with Ag
ⓘ Goethite
Formula: Fe3+O(OH)
Habit: botryoidal and stalactitic crusts
Colour: Various shades of yellow to red-brown and black
ⓘ Greenockite
Formula: CdS
Habit: Very thin crusts
Colour: Bright yellow
Description: Yellow smears on sphalerite.
ⓘ Gypsum
Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O
Habit: Prismatic
Colour: Colourless-white
Description: Crystals to 1mm.
ⓘ Hemimorphite
Formula: Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Habit: Drusy crusts, bladed crystals
Colour: Colourless-white
Description: Colourless to white crystal druses to several cms, and as divergent crystal groups to 4mm (XRD). Associated with goethite, rosasite, aurichalcite, hydrozincite.
ⓘ Hinsdalite
Formula: PbAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Habit: tiny, steeply acute rhombic crystals
Colour: colourless to yellow-green
ⓘ Hydrocerussite
Formula: Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2
Habit: Foliated, acicular prismatic, hexagonal platy.
Colour: Colourless-white, creamy.
Description: Colourless to white platy & prismatic crystals to 0.7mm (XRD). Associated with cerussite, susannite, caledonite, elyite.
ⓘ Hydrozincite
Formula: Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Habit: Crusts, and balls.
Colour: White
Fluorescence: Pale white-blue
Description: White tiny lath crystals in crusts to a few cms, associated with hemimorphite, cerussite. Some unconfirmed "hydrozincite" could turn out to be brianyoungite.
✪ Lanarkite
Formula: Pb2(SO4)O
Habit: Bladed
Colour: Off white
Description: Slightly tinted yellowish to colourless crystal sprays to 5mm (XRD), on galena with susannite. The first occurrence of Lanarkite in Wales.
ⓘ Langite
Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
Habit: Blocky
Colour: Deep blue-green
Description: Pseudohexagonal deep blue-green crystals to 0.5mm (XRD). Associated with malachite, schulenbergite, cuprite, copper, lautenthalite, brochantite, cerussite.
ⓘ Lautenthalite
Formula: PbCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
Habit: Bladed
Colour: Light emerald green
Description: Crystals to 0.7mm with wroewolfeite, linarite, brochantite, cerussite (EPMA).
ⓘ Leadhillite
Formula: Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
Description: A single specimen of Leadhillite was confirmed by XRD as a replacement of a preexisting lath-like mineral.
ⓘ 'Limonite'
Habit: earthy
Colour: brown
✪ Linarite
Formula: PbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Habit: Bladed
Colour: Azure blue
Description: Bladed crystals to 2mm+, some with substantial Se (EPMA). Associated with brochantite, caledonite, lautenthalite, cerussite.
ⓘ Litharge
Formula: PbO
Habit: Pseudomorphs after an unidentified species (possibly an Unnamed (Tetragonal Pb Oxide Hydrate))
Colour: Scarlet
Description: Scarlet crystals to 0.5mm on cerussite (XRD), with cerussite.
ⓘ Malachite
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Habit: Lath-like, botryoidal, bundles of acicular crystals
Colour: Green
Description: Thin botryoidal crust to 2cms, and balls to 1mm. Associated with hemimorphite, cerussite, brochantite, langite.
ⓘ 'Manganese Oxides'
Habit: strings
Colour: black
ⓘ Marcasite
Formula: FeS2
ⓘ Massicot ?
Formula: PbO
Colour: yellow
Description: minute areas on litharge.
ⓘ Mattheddleite
Formula: Pb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH)
Habit: Prismatic
Colour: Colourless
Description: Colourless prismatic crystals to 0.25mm with susannite, caledonite (XRD).
ⓘ Namuwite
Formula: Zn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 4H2O
Habit: Platy pseudohexagonal
Colour: Pale blue-green
Description: Very pale blue-green crystals to 0.5mm + (XRD), with langite, wroewolfeite, susannite, hydrocerussite.
ⓘ Native Copper
Formula: Cu
Habit: Prismatic, bladed
Colour: Dull copper
Description: Spear-like crystals to 1mm.
ⓘ Native Silver
Formula: Ag
Habit: Dendritic
Description: Single 0.5mm crystal spray on cerussite. The only specimen ever found at Frongoch (1992) has now been completely replaced/encrusted by acanthite.
ⓘ Native Sulphur
Formula: S8
Habit: Rounded crystals
Colour: Pale yellow
Description: Pale yellow crystals to 3mm (EPMA) in masses to 4cms on altered galena.
ⓘ Opal
Formula: SiO2 · nH2O
Habit: pearl-like strings
Colour: colourless to white
Description: associated with susannite and hydrocerussite.
ⓘ Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Description: One piece of slate found with a dusting of 1mm cubes with bright clean surfaces
✪ Pyromorphite
Formula: Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Habit: Prismatic, and blocky
Colour: Colourless-white, shades of light brown, yellow, slightly purple, rarely green
Description: Brown crystals to 2.5cms (XRD) with cerussite. Rare green microcrystals.
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ Quartz var. Ferruginous Quartz
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ Ramsbeckite
Formula: (Cu,Zn)15(SO4)4(OH)22 · 6H2O
Habit: Blocky
Colour: Emerald green
Description: Deep emerald green rounded crystals to 0.7mm with schulenbergite (EPMA).
✪ Redgillite
Formula: Cu6(SO4)(OH)10 · H2O
Habit: Lath-like, prismatic
Colour: Emerald green to nickel green
Description: Microcrystal (to 0.25mm) drusy coverings in areas to 1cm. Some redgillite from Frongoch mine has a high Zn content, along with most other redgillite from mid-Wales.
ⓘ Rosasite
Formula: (Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Habit: Botryoidal
Colour: Light blue-green
Description: Pale blue-green balls to 1.5mm on hemimorphite (XRD), with aurichalcite.
ⓘ Schmiederite ?
Formula: Pb2Cu2(Se6+O4)(Se4+O3)(OH)4
Habit: Aggregates of finely lath-like crystals
Colour: Pale blue-white.
Description: Some specimens of Linarite were found to contain a substantial Selenium component.
References:
ⓘ Schulenbergite
Formula: (Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10 · 3H2O
Habit: Rosettes, petal-like.
Colour: Light blue-green
Description: Light blue-green thin platy crystals to 0.7mm (XRD), with ramsbeckite, susannite, caledonite, langite, wroewolfeite, cuprite, cerussite.
ⓘ Serpierite
Formula: Ca(Cu2+,Zn2+)4(S6+O4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
Habit: Lath-like; rarely relatively broad platy microcrystals forming "paddle-wheels"
Colour: Pale sky blue
Description: Very light blue lath-like crystals to 0.7mm (XRD), associated with cerussite, hemimorphite, langite.
ⓘ Smithsonite
Formula: ZnCO3
Description: Thin botryoidal crusts, white with a slight greasy sheen, associated with sphalerite but the best looking samples are on the even, flat surfaces of surrounding quartz or galena
ⓘ Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
✪ Steverustite (TL)
Formula: Pb2+5(OH)5[Cu+(S6+O3S2-)3](H2O)2
Type Locality:
Habit: Lath-like crystals
Colour: Colourless to white
✪ Susannite
Formula: Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
Habit: Platy-tabular pseudohexagonal, prismatic.
Colour: Colourless to yellow-brown, tinted blue and green
Description: Colourless to white, also tinted blue or green and brown, crystals to 2mm (very good for Wales), identified by XRD. Associated mostly with cerussite and caledonite.
ⓘ Ullmannite
Formula: NiSbS
Habit: Cubes
Colour: Light metallic grey
Description: Crystals to 3mm embedded in quartz.
ⓘ 'Unnamed (Pb Silicate) ?'
Formula: Pb, Si, O, H (?)
Habit: Lath-like
Colour: White
Description: The mineral was incorrectly analysed as a silicate many years ago. It is steverustite.
ⓘ 'Unnamed (Tetragonal Pb Oxide Hydrate)' ?
Formula: Pb3O2(OH)2
Colour: grey translucent
Description: Visually very similar to the same species from the Milltown Quarry, Derbyshire. Crystals mostly, but not all, showing alteration to litharge and tentatively identified yellow massicot.
ⓘ Wroewolfeite
Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
Habit: Prismatic, tabular
Colour: Light blue-green
Description: Tabular deep to light blue-green crystals to 0.5mm (XRD). Associated with hemimorphite, brochantite, linarite, lautenthalite.
ⓘ Wulfenite
Formula: Pb(MoO4)
Habit: pyramidal, tabular, stepped
Colour: orange
Description: Orange pyramidal and tabular crystals to 0.75mm with green druses of pyromorphite and micro-crystals of cerussite.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Copper1.AA.05Cu
ⓘNative Silver1.AA.05Ag
ⓘNative Sulphur1.CC.05S8
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘChalcocite2.BA.05Cu2S
ⓘAcanthite2.BA.35Ag2S
ⓘCovellite2.CA.05aCuS
ⓘSphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
ⓘChalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
ⓘGreenockite2.CB.45CdS
ⓘGalena2.CD.10PbS
ⓘvar. Silver-bearing Galena2.CD.10PbS with Ag
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
ⓘMarcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
ⓘUllmannite2.EB.25NiSbS
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘCuprite4.AA.10Cu2O
ⓘLitharge4.AC.20PbO
ⓘMassicot ?4.AC.25PbO
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘvar. Ferruginous Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘOpal4.DA.10SiO2 · nH2O
ⓘBindheimite4.DH.20Pb2Sb2O6O
ⓘGoethite4.FD.10Fe3+O(OH)
ⓘCesàrolite4.FG.10PbMn4+3O6(OH)2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘSmithsonite5.AB.05ZnCO3
ⓘCerussite5.AB.15PbCO3
ⓘMalachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
ⓘRosasite5.BA.10(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
ⓘAurichalcite5.BA.15(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
ⓘHydrozincite5.BA.15Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
ⓘHydrocerussite5.BE.10Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2
ⓘBrianyoungite5.BF.30Zn3(CO3,SO4)(OH)4
ⓘLeadhillite5.BF.40Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
ⓘSusannite5.BF.40Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘAnglesite7.AD.35PbSO4
ⓘBrochantite7.BB.25Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
ⓘCaledonite7.BC.50Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
ⓘLinarite7.BC.65PbCu(SO4)(OH)2
ⓘSchmiederite ?7.BC.65Pb2Cu2(Se6+O4)(Se4+O3)(OH)4
ⓘLanarkite7.BD.40Pb2(SO4)O
ⓘBianchite7.CB.25Zn(H2O)6(SO4)
ⓘGypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O
ⓘLangite7.DD.10Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
ⓘWroewolfeite7.DD.10Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
ⓘSerpierite7.DD.30Ca(Cu2+,Zn2+)4(S6+O4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
ⓘNamuwite7.DD.50Zn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 4H2O
ⓘBechererite7.DD.55Zn7Cu(OH)13[(SiO(OH)3(SO4)]
ⓘRamsbeckite7.DD.60(Cu,Zn)15(SO4)4(OH)22 · 6H2O
ⓘRedgillite7.DD.70Cu6(SO4)(OH)10 · H2O
ⓘChalcoalumite ?7.DD.75CuAl4(SO4)(OH)12 · 3H2O
ⓘSchulenbergite7.DD.80(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10 · 3H2O
ⓘElyite7.DF.65Pb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4 · H2O
ⓘLautenthalite7.DF.70PbCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
ⓘWulfenite7.GA.05Pb(MoO4)
ⓘSteverustite (TL)7.JA.10Pb2+5(OH)5[Cu+(S6+O3S2-)3](H2O)2
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
ⓘCorkite8.BL.05PbFe3+3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
ⓘHinsdalite8.BL.05PbAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
ⓘPyromorphite8.BN.05Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘMattheddleite9.AH.25Pb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH)
ⓘHemimorphite9.BD.10Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
ⓘChrysocolla9.ED.20Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Unclassified
ⓘ'Chlorite Group'-
ⓘ'Limonite'-
ⓘ'Unnamed (Tetragonal Pb Oxide Hydrate)' ?-Pb3O2(OH)2
ⓘ'Unnamed (Pb Silicate) ?' ?-Pb, Si, O, H (?)
ⓘ'Manganese Oxides'-
ⓘ'Corkite-Hinsdalite Series'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ Aurichalcite(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Hⓘ BechereriteZn7Cu(OH)13[(SiO(OH)3(SO4)]
Hⓘ BianchiteZn(H2O)6(SO4)
Hⓘ BrianyoungiteZn3(CO3,SO4)(OH)4
Hⓘ BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6
Hⓘ CaledonitePb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
Hⓘ CesàrolitePbMn34+O6(OH)2
Hⓘ ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12 · 3H2O
Hⓘ ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Hⓘ CorkitePbFe33+(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Hⓘ ElyitePb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4 · H2O
Hⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Hⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Hⓘ HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Hⓘ HinsdalitePbAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Hⓘ HydrocerussitePb3(CO3)2(OH)2
Hⓘ HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Hⓘ LangiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
Hⓘ LautenthalitePbCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
Hⓘ LeadhillitePb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
Hⓘ LinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Hⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
Hⓘ MattheddleitePb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH)
Hⓘ NamuwiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 4H2O
Hⓘ OpalSiO2 · nH2O
Hⓘ Ramsbeckite(Cu,Zn)15(SO4)4(OH)22 · 6H2O
Hⓘ Rosasite(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Hⓘ SchmiederitePb2Cu2(Se6+O4)(Se4+O3)(OH)4
Hⓘ Schulenbergite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10 · 3H2O
Hⓘ SerpieriteCa(Cu2+,Zn2+)4(S6+O4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
Hⓘ SusannitePb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
Hⓘ WroewolfeiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
Hⓘ RedgilliteCu6(SO4)(OH)10 · H2O
Hⓘ Unnamed (Tetragonal Pb Oxide Hydrate)Pb3O2(OH)2
Hⓘ Unnamed (Pb Silicate) ?Pb, Si, O, H (?)
Hⓘ SteverustitePb52+(OH)5[Cu+(S6+O3S2-)3](H2O)2
Hⓘ Corkite-Hinsdalite Series
CCarbon
Cⓘ Aurichalcite(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Cⓘ BrianyoungiteZn3(CO3,SO4)(OH)4
Cⓘ CaledonitePb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
Cⓘ CerussitePbCO3
Cⓘ HydrocerussitePb3(CO3)2(OH)2
Cⓘ HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Cⓘ LeadhillitePb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
Cⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
Cⓘ Rosasite(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Cⓘ SmithsoniteZnCO3
Cⓘ SusannitePb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
OOxygen
Oⓘ AnglesitePbSO4
Oⓘ Aurichalcite(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Oⓘ BechereriteZn7Cu(OH)13[(SiO(OH)3(SO4)]
Oⓘ BianchiteZn(H2O)6(SO4)
Oⓘ BindheimitePb2Sb2O6O
Oⓘ BrianyoungiteZn3(CO3,SO4)(OH)4
Oⓘ BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6
Oⓘ CaledonitePb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
Oⓘ CerussitePbCO3
Oⓘ CesàrolitePbMn34+O6(OH)2
Oⓘ ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12 · 3H2O
Oⓘ ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Oⓘ CorkitePbFe33+(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Oⓘ CupriteCu2O
Oⓘ ElyitePb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4 · H2O
Oⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Oⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Oⓘ HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Oⓘ HinsdalitePbAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Oⓘ HydrocerussitePb3(CO3)2(OH)2
Oⓘ HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Oⓘ LanarkitePb2(SO4)O
Oⓘ LangiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
Oⓘ LautenthalitePbCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
Oⓘ LeadhillitePb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
Oⓘ LinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Oⓘ LithargePbO
Oⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
Oⓘ MassicotPbO
Oⓘ MattheddleitePb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH)
Oⓘ NamuwiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 4H2O
Oⓘ OpalSiO2 · nH2O
Oⓘ PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ Ramsbeckite(Cu,Zn)15(SO4)4(OH)22 · 6H2O
Oⓘ Rosasite(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Oⓘ SchmiederitePb2Cu2(Se6+O4)(Se4+O3)(OH)4
Oⓘ Schulenbergite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10 · 3H2O
Oⓘ SerpieriteCa(Cu2+,Zn2+)4(S6+O4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
Oⓘ SmithsoniteZnCO3
Oⓘ SusannitePb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
Oⓘ WroewolfeiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
Oⓘ WulfenitePb(MoO4)
Oⓘ RedgilliteCu6(SO4)(OH)10 · H2O
Oⓘ Unnamed (Tetragonal Pb Oxide Hydrate)Pb3O2(OH)2
Oⓘ Unnamed (Pb Silicate) ?Pb, Si, O, H (?)
Oⓘ Quartz var. Ferruginous QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ SteverustitePb52+(OH)5[Cu+(S6+O3S2-)3](H2O)2
Oⓘ Corkite-Hinsdalite Series
AlAluminium
Alⓘ ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12 · 3H2O
Alⓘ ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Alⓘ HinsdalitePbAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Alⓘ Corkite-Hinsdalite Series
SiSilicon
Siⓘ BechereriteZn7Cu(OH)13[(SiO(OH)3(SO4)]
Siⓘ ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Siⓘ HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Siⓘ MattheddleitePb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH)
Siⓘ OpalSiO2 · nH2O
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
Siⓘ Unnamed (Pb Silicate) ?Pb, Si, O, H (?)
Siⓘ Quartz var. Ferruginous QuartzSiO2
PPhosphorus
Pⓘ CorkitePbFe33+(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Pⓘ HinsdalitePbAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Pⓘ PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
Pⓘ Corkite-Hinsdalite Series
SSulfur
Sⓘ AcanthiteAg2S
Sⓘ AnglesitePbSO4
Sⓘ BechereriteZn7Cu(OH)13[(SiO(OH)3(SO4)]
Sⓘ BianchiteZn(H2O)6(SO4)
Sⓘ BrianyoungiteZn3(CO3,SO4)(OH)4
Sⓘ BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6
Sⓘ CaledonitePb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
Sⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Sⓘ ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12 · 3H2O
Sⓘ ChalcociteCu2S
Sⓘ CorkitePbFe33+(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Sⓘ CovelliteCuS
Sⓘ ElyitePb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4 · H2O
Sⓘ GalenaPbS
Sⓘ GreenockiteCdS
Sⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Sⓘ HinsdalitePbAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Sⓘ LanarkitePb2(SO4)O
Sⓘ LangiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
Sⓘ LautenthalitePbCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
Sⓘ LeadhillitePb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
Sⓘ LinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Sⓘ MarcasiteFeS2
Sⓘ MattheddleitePb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH)
Sⓘ NamuwiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 4H2O
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
Sⓘ Ramsbeckite(Cu,Zn)15(SO4)4(OH)22 · 6H2O
Sⓘ Schulenbergite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10 · 3H2O
Sⓘ SerpieriteCa(Cu2+,Zn2+)4(S6+O4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
Sⓘ SphaleriteZnS
Sⓘ Native SulphurS8
Sⓘ SusannitePb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
Sⓘ UllmanniteNiSbS
Sⓘ WroewolfeiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
Sⓘ RedgilliteCu6(SO4)(OH)10 · H2O
Sⓘ Galena var. Silver-bearing GalenaPbS with Ag
Sⓘ SteverustitePb52+(OH)5[Cu+(S6+O3S2-)3](H2O)2
Sⓘ Corkite-Hinsdalite Series
ClChlorine
Clⓘ MattheddleitePb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH)
Clⓘ PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
CaCalcium
Caⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Caⓘ SerpieriteCa(Cu2+,Zn2+)4(S6+O4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
MnManganese
Mnⓘ CesàrolitePbMn34+O6(OH)2
FeIron
Feⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Feⓘ CorkitePbFe33+(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Feⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Feⓘ MarcasiteFeS2
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
Feⓘ Corkite-Hinsdalite Series
NiNickel
Niⓘ UllmanniteNiSbS
CuCopper
Cuⓘ Aurichalcite(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Cuⓘ BechereriteZn7Cu(OH)13[(SiO(OH)3(SO4)]
Cuⓘ BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6
Cuⓘ CaledonitePb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
Cuⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Cuⓘ ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12 · 3H2O
Cuⓘ ChalcociteCu2S
Cuⓘ ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Cuⓘ CovelliteCuS
Cuⓘ CupriteCu2O
Cuⓘ Native CopperCu
Cuⓘ ElyitePb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4 · H2O
Cuⓘ LangiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
Cuⓘ LautenthalitePbCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
Cuⓘ LinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Cuⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
Cuⓘ Ramsbeckite(Cu,Zn)15(SO4)4(OH)22 · 6H2O
Cuⓘ Rosasite(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Cuⓘ SchmiederitePb2Cu2(Se6+O4)(Se4+O3)(OH)4
Cuⓘ Schulenbergite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10 · 3H2O
Cuⓘ SerpieriteCa(Cu2+,Zn2+)4(S6+O4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
Cuⓘ WroewolfeiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
Cuⓘ RedgilliteCu6(SO4)(OH)10 · H2O
Cuⓘ SteverustitePb52+(OH)5[Cu+(S6+O3S2-)3](H2O)2
ZnZinc
Znⓘ Aurichalcite(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Znⓘ BechereriteZn7Cu(OH)13[(SiO(OH)3(SO4)]
Znⓘ BianchiteZn(H2O)6(SO4)
Znⓘ BrianyoungiteZn3(CO3,SO4)(OH)4
Znⓘ HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Znⓘ HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Znⓘ NamuwiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 4H2O
Znⓘ Ramsbeckite(Cu,Zn)15(SO4)4(OH)22 · 6H2O
Znⓘ Rosasite(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Znⓘ Schulenbergite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10 · 3H2O
Znⓘ SerpieriteCa(Cu2+,Zn2+)4(S6+O4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
Znⓘ SmithsoniteZnCO3
Znⓘ SphaleriteZnS
SeSelenium
Seⓘ SchmiederitePb2Cu2(Se6+O4)(Se4+O3)(OH)4
MoMolybdenum
Moⓘ WulfenitePb(MoO4)
AgSilver
Agⓘ AcanthiteAg2S
Agⓘ Native SilverAg
Agⓘ Galena var. Silver-bearing GalenaPbS with Ag
CdCadmium
Cdⓘ GreenockiteCdS
SbAntimony
Sbⓘ BindheimitePb2Sb2O6O
Sbⓘ UllmanniteNiSbS
PbLead
Pbⓘ AnglesitePbSO4
Pbⓘ BindheimitePb2Sb2O6O
Pbⓘ CaledonitePb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
Pbⓘ CerussitePbCO3
Pbⓘ CesàrolitePbMn34+O6(OH)2
Pbⓘ CorkitePbFe33+(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Pbⓘ ElyitePb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4 · H2O
Pbⓘ GalenaPbS
Pbⓘ HinsdalitePbAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Pbⓘ HydrocerussitePb3(CO3)2(OH)2
Pbⓘ LanarkitePb2(SO4)O
Pbⓘ LautenthalitePbCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
Pbⓘ LeadhillitePb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
Pbⓘ LinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Pbⓘ LithargePbO
Pbⓘ MassicotPbO
Pbⓘ MattheddleitePb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH)
Pbⓘ PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
Pbⓘ SchmiederitePb2Cu2(Se6+O4)(Se4+O3)(OH)4
Pbⓘ SusannitePb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
Pbⓘ WulfenitePb(MoO4)
Pbⓘ Unnamed (Tetragonal Pb Oxide Hydrate)Pb3O2(OH)2
Pbⓘ Unnamed (Pb Silicate) ?Pb, Si, O, H (?)
Pbⓘ Galena var. Silver-bearing GalenaPbS with Ag
Pbⓘ SteverustitePb52+(OH)5[Cu+(S6+O3S2-)3](H2O)2
Pbⓘ Corkite-Hinsdalite Series

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