Mineral Evolution Database
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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

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 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: 
AragoniteCalciteClayEpsomiteGypsumHopeiteKaoliniteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural group
PhenakitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteWurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Brianyoungite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Fraipontite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goslarite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hopeite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sauconite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Willemite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)4201145079
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)201145027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)20114504979
Fraipontite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4201145049
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS201145024243
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O2011450188
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS2011450717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O20114506890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O20114501689
Hopeite  (*)HopeiteZn3(PO4)2·4H2O201145029
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)620114501066
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)420114505591
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS220114505674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2201145039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2201145061156
Sauconite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Zn3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O201145056
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)20114506417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)20114502473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS201145021482
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO42011450303



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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