Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Vieille Montagne (Altenberg; Kelmisberg), Kelmis (La Calamine), Plombières-Vieille Montagne-Moresnet (Plombières-Altenberg-Moresnet) Mining District, Verviers, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145

mindat Locality ID: 304
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-304.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vieille Montagne (Altenberg; Kelmisberg), Kelmis (La Calamine), Plombières-Vieille Montagne-Moresnet (Plombières-Altenberg-Moresnet) Mining District, Verviers, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°42'51"N
Longitude: 6°0'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.714166666667,6.0088888888889

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Epsomite	Gypsum	Hopeite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group
Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

Brianyoungite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Fraipontite ()*	Galena ()*
Goslarite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hopeite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sauconite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Willemite ()*

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 C Ca Cd Fe H Na O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cd Fe H Na O P Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Clay Epsomite Gypsum Hopeite Kaolinite Marcasite None Not in a structural group
Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Wurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Brianyoungite ()*	None	Zn₃(CO₃)(OH)₄	201	145	79
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	201	145	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	201	145	4979
Fraipontite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Zn,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	201	145	49
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	201	145	24243
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	201	145	188
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	201	145	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	201	145	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	201	145	1689
Hopeite ()*	Hopeite	Zn₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	201	145	29
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	201	145	1066
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	201	145	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	201	145	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	201	145	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	201	145	61156
Sauconite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Zn₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	201	145	56
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	201	145	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	201	145	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	201	145	21482
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	201	145	303

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00052	201	145	Jurassic ?							Yes				301	Verviers, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium	Verviers	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

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