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Locality Name:
Herzogenhügel (Hertogenwald; La Helle), Ternell, Eupen, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium

Oldest recorded age at locality: 542
Youngest recorded age at locality: 251

mindat Locality ID: 122928
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122928.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Herzogenhügel (Hertogenwald; La Helle), Ternell, Eupen, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°32'59"N
Longitude: 6°7'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.549722222222,6.1330555555556
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: Ag Al As Bi Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Te Ti W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDigeniteEpidote
FeldsparMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePavonitePrehnitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTetradymiteTitanite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Aleksite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Benjaminite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Galena  (*)Hessite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Joséite-B  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pilsenite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetradymite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)54225108803
Aleksite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te2S2542251028
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO554225101310
Benjaminite  (*)PavoniteAg3Bi7S12542251045
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S54225105707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2542251027198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)54225101025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS5422510966
Copper  (*)CopperCu54225103846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS54225104165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S54225101027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)54225108173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O5422510345
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS542251024243
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te5422510804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O354225105433
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S542251086
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4542251014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS254225105674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS254225105800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2542251017380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS5422510767
Pilsenite  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te3542251057
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)254225101898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2542251039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S854225109056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2542251061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO254225105614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)54225104894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS542251021482
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S5422510510
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O54225104899
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe5422510100


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
PorphCu-00143542251Paleozoic      Albite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Hessite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Tetradymite, TitaniteCu122928Herzogenhügel (Hertogenwald; La Helle), Ternell, Eupen, Liège, Wallonia, BelgiumHerzogenhugelSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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