Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Erlenbach Mine, Lontzen, 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: 249528
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249528.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Erlenbach Mine, Lontzen, Plombières-Vieille Montagne-Moresnet (Plombières-Altenberg-Moresnet) Mining District, Verviers, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°41'28"N
Longitude: 5°58'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.691111111111,5.9711111111111

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Dundasite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Minium	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur

Allophane ()*	Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcophanite ()*	Coronadite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dundasite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hetaerolite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Minium ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn O P Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Coronadite Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Dundasite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Minium None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	201	145	470
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	201	145	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	201	145	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	201	145	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	201	145	4979
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	201	145	197
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	201	145	227
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	201	145	4165
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	201	145	97
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	201	145	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	201	145	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	201	145	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	201	145	1689
Hetaerolite ()*	Spinel	ZnMn³⁺₂O₄	201	145	73
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	201	145	1066
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	201	145	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	201	145	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	201	145	5674
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	201	145	247
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	201	145	477
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	201	145	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	201	145	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	201	145	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	201	145	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	201	145	2045

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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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