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Ty Trist Colliery, Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent, Wales, UKi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Ty Trist Colliery | Colliery (Abandoned) |
| Tredegar | Community |
| Blaenau Gwent | County Borough |
| Wales | Country |
| UK | Country |
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View of the Tredegar coal mining area, in 1920.
Ty Trist Colliery, Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent, Wales, UK
Ty Trist Colliery, Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent, Wales, UK
View of the Tredegar coal mining area, in 1920.
Ty Trist Colliery, Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent, Wales, UK
Ty Trist Colliery, Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent, Wales, UK
View of the Tredegar coal mining area, in 1920.
Ty Trist Colliery, Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent, Wales, UK
Ty Trist Colliery, Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent, Wales, UK
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
51° 45' 42'' North , 3° 14' 20'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
UK National Grid Reference:
SO145078
Type:
Colliery (Abandoned) - last checked 2020
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tredegar | 14,855(2017) | 1.3km |
| Ebbw Vale | 33,068(2017) | 2.7km |
| Victoria | 6,688(2016) | 3.0km |
| Rhymney | 8,537(2017) | 3.2km |
| New Tredegar | 4,208(2017) | 4.6km |
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Gwent; Monmouthshire
An old colliery, Ty Trist was sunk in 1834 by the Ebbw Vale Company. During the First World War, over a thousand men were employed here.
Ty Trist Colliery closed in 1959 after working for 125 years. Extensive landscaped and overgrown dumps remain, some now forming a school playing field.
Select Mineral List Type
StandardDetailedGalleryStrunzChemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
3 valid minerals.
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Millerite | 2.CC.20 | NiS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Siderite | 5.AB.05 | FeCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘSiderite | FeCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘSiderite | FeCO3 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘMillerite | NiS |
| S | ⓘPyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘPyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘSiderite | FeCO3 |
| Ni | Nickel | |
| Ni | ⓘMillerite | NiS |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
British and Irish IslesGroup of Islands
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
- AvaloniaVolcanic Arc
EuropeContinent
UK
- Wales
- Cambrian MountainsMountain Range
- Glamorgan
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