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Penparcau, Aberystwyth, County of Ceredigion, Wales, United Kingdom

Type:	Populated place - a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work
Mindat.org Region:	Ceredigion, Wales, UK
Region:	Aberystwyth, County of Ceredigion, Wales, United Kingdom
Latitude:	52° 24' 11" N
Longitude:	4° 4' 27" W
Lat/Long (dec):	52.40333,-4.07417
Köppen climate type:	Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate
Elevation:	35m
Population:	3,088 (2011)
Mindat Feature ID:	6946746
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:6946746:0
GUID:	84dc8021-0143-4b79-af80-662056c1dd37

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Mindat.org localities near to this feature

Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Bow Street, Tirymynach, Ceredigion, Wales, UK	52° 26' 29" N	4° 1' 44" W	5.2km (3.3 miles)
Bronfloyd Mine, Bow Street, Trefeirig, Ceredigion, Wales, UK	52° 25' 57" N	3° 58' 16" W	7.7km (4.8 miles)
Penycefn Mine, Bow Street, Tirymynach, Ceredigion, Wales, UK	52° 27' 5" N	3° 58' 35" W	8.5km (5.3 miles)
Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK	52° 22' 1" N	3° 57' 46" W	8.6km (5.3 miles)
Elgar Mine, Bontgoch (Elerch), Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales, UK	52° 27' 18" N	3° 58' 9" W	9.2km (5.7 miles)
Daren Mine (Old Daren Mine; Darren Consolidated Mine; Daren United Mine; Great Darren Mine; Darren Mine), Pen-bont Rhydybeddau, Trefeirig, Ceredigion, Wales, UK	52° 25' 42" N	3° 56' 40" W	9.2km (5.7 miles)
Cwmdaren Mine (Cwm Darren Mine; Lefel Gopor Mine; Copper Level Mine; Twll y Mwyn Mine), Pen-bont Rhydybeddau, Trefeirig, Ceredigion, Wales, UK	52° 25' 52" N	3° 56' 30" W	9.5km (5.9 miles)
Mynydd Gorddu Mine, Bontgoch (Elerch), Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales, UK	52° 27' 22" N	3° 57' 37" W	9.7km (6.0 miles)
Aberffrwdd Mine (Aberfrwdd Gothic Mine; East Aberffrwdd Mine; Aberffrwdd and Bonsall Mine; Gothic Mine), Devil's Bridge, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK	52° 23' 27" N	3° 55' 57" W	9.7km (6.0 miles)
Cwm Sebon Mine (South Daren Mine; Thomas United Mines; Thomas's United Mines), Pen-bont Rhydybeddau, Trefeirig, Ceredigion, Wales, UK	52° 25' 46" N	3° 56' 8" W	9.8km (6.1 miles)
Goginan, Trefeirig, Ceredigion, Wales, UK	52° 24' 43" N	3° 55' 44" W	9.9km (6.2 miles)
Goginan Mine, Goginan, Melindwr, Ceredigion, Wales, UK	52° 25' 11" N	3° 55' 40" W	10.1km (6.3 miles)
Cerrig Yr Wyn Mine (Cerrigyrwyn Mine), Pen-bont Rhydybeddau, Trefeirig, Ceredigion, Wales, UK	52° 26' 6" N	3° 56' 4" W	10.1km (6.3 miles)
Gwaith Yr Afon mine (West Cwmsymlog Mine; Cwm Daren Mine; River Mine; Taliesan Mine), Goginan, Trefeirig, Ceredigion, Wales, UK	52° 26' 9" N	3° 55' 59" W	10.2km (6.4 miles)
Llechwedd Helyg Mine (Willow Bank Mine), Pen-bont Rhydybeddau, Trefeirig, Ceredigion, Wales, UK	52° 26' 43" N	3° 56' 15" W	10.4km (6.4 miles)
Ty-llwyd Mine, Ystumtuen, Cwmrheidol, Ceredigion, Wales, UK	52° 23' 57" N	3° 54' 54" W	10.8km (6.7 miles)
Tal-y-bont, Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales, UK	52° 29' 2" N	3° 59' 2" W	10.8km (6.7 miles)
Cefn-gwyn Mine, Bontgoch, Trefeirig, Ceredigion, Wales, UK	52° 27' 50" N	3° 56' 50" W	10.9km (6.8 miles)
Cwmerfin Mine, Cwmerfyn, Trefeirig, Ceredigion, Wales, UK	52° 25' 41" N	3° 55' 5" W	10.9km (6.8 miles)
Cwmerfyn, Trefeirig, Ceredigion, Wales, UK	52° 25' 42" N	3° 55' 4" W	11.0km (6.8 miles)
Alltycrib Mine (Talybont Mine; Middleton Mine; North Cardigan Mine), Tal-y-bont, Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales, UK	52° 29' 7" N	3° 59' 2" W	11.0km (6.8 miles)
Bontgoch (Elerch), Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales, UK	52° 27' 31" N	3° 56' 18" W	11.1km (6.9 miles)
Lletty Evanhen Mine (Vaughan Mine), Bontgoch, Trefeirig, Ceredigion, Wales, UK	52° 26' 45" N	3° 55' 22" W	11.3km (7.0 miles)
Cwmsymlog Mine (East Daren Mine; Gwaithddu Mine), Goginan, Trefeirig, Ceredigion, Wales, UK	52° 26' 7" N	3° 54' 55" W	11.3km (7.0 miles)
Pantmawr Mine, Devil's Bridge, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK	52° 23' 24" N	3° 54' 26" W	11.4km (7.1 miles)
Gelli Mine, Ystumtuen, Cwmrheidol, Ceredigion, Wales, UK	52° 23' 57" N	3° 54' 20" W	11.4km (7.1 miles)
Tan-yr-Alt Mine, Tal-y-bont, Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales, UK	52° 29' 25" N	3° 59' 0" W	11.5km (7.1 miles)
Bwlch Mine (Bwlch Consols Mine; Bwlch United Mine; Bwlch Cwmerfin Mine), Pen-bont Rhydybeddau, Trefeirig, Ceredigion, Wales, UK	52° 25' 28" N	3° 54' 27" W	11.5km (7.2 miles)
Nantyrarian Mine (Silver Stream Mine. Blaendyffryn Mine), Goginan, Melindwr, Ceredigion, Wales, UK	52° 24' 53" N	3° 54' 15" W	11.6km (7.2 miles)
Leri Valley Mine, Tal-y-bont, Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales, UK	52° 28' 37" N	3° 57' 4" W	11.7km (7.3 miles)

Upper Level

Bodcoll Mine, Devil's Bridge, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK

Main Tip

Bodcoll Mine, Devil's Bridge, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK

General view

Cwmystwyth Mine, Cwmystwyth, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK

Upper Level

Bodcoll Mine, Devil's Bridge, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK

Main Tip

Bodcoll Mine, Devil's Bridge, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK

General view

Cwmystwyth Mine, Cwmystwyth, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK

Upper Level

Bodcoll Mine, Devil's Bridge, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK

Main Tip

Bodcoll Mine, Devil's Bridge, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK

Minerals recorded nearby (within 11.7 km)

ⓘ 'Corkite-Hinsdalite Series'

ⓘ Covellite

ⓘ Cuprite

ⓘ Dolomite

ⓘ var: Iron-bearing Dolomite

ⓘ Elyite

ⓘ Erythrite

ⓘ Galena

ⓘ var: Silver-bearing Galena

ⓘ var: Ferruginous Quartz

ⓘ Steverustite (TL)

ⓘ Sulphur

ⓘ Susannite

ⓘ Tenorite

ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'

ⓘ Tyrolite

ⓘ Ullmannite

ⓘ 'Unnamed (Cu-Pb Silicate ?)'

ⓘ 'Unnamed (Pb Silicate) ?'

ⓘ Wroewolfeite

ⓘ Wulfenite

Rock types recorded nearby (within 11.7 km)

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

British and Irish Isles	Island
Eurasian Plate	Tectonic Plate
Europe	Continent
UK	Country
Wales, UK	Country
Ceredigion, Wales, UK	County

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Regions in GADM Database

Region	GADM number
United Kingdom, Wales	242.4.0.0.0.0

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