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Locality Name:
La Rochette, Chaudfontaine, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium

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

mindat Locality ID: 69510
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-69510.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Rochette, Chaudfontaine, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°34'59"N
Longitude: 5°39'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.583055555556,5.6627777777778
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: Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteClayCorundumDiaspore
GypsumHalotrichiteMarcasiteMicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSulphur
Wavellite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Delvauxite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O2011450470
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)20114503250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS20114509052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)201145011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS420114505516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)201145027770
Delvauxite  (*)AmorphousCaFe3+4(PO4)2(OH)8·4-5H2O201145041
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)220114509895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS201145024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)20114507437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O20114506890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O2011450409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3201145014640
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS220114505674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2201145017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2201145039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl20114501725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2201145061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)20114506417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS201145021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS20114502045
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O2011450374


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-00052201145Jurassic ?     Yes  301Verviers, Liège, Wallonia, BelgiumVerviersSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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