Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Plombières (Blieberg; Bleiberg; Bleyberg), Plombières-Vieille Montagne-Moresnet (Plombières-Altenberg-Moresnet) Mining District, Verviers, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium

Oldest recorded age at locality: 419
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145

mindat Locality ID: 21470
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21470.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Plombières (Blieberg; Bleiberg; Bleyberg), Plombières-Vieille Montagne-Moresnet (Plombières-Altenberg-Moresnet) Mining District, Verviers, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bleyberg Mine (Bleiberg Mine)
Bleyberg Zinc And Lead Smelter Slag Locality
Montzen
Moresnet
Sippenaken (Sippenaeken)

Latitude: 50°43'40"N
Longitude: 5°57'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.727777777778,5.9636111111111
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 C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcoalumiteChalcopyriteConnelliteCopper
CovelliteDevillineDiasporeFeldsparGypsumHydrotalciteKtenasiteLepidocrociteLinariteMalachite
MarcasiteMelanteriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
SpinelStarkeyiteSulphurTridymiteVivianiteWurtzite

60 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcoalumite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Connellite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dypingite  (*)
Elyite  (*)Fougèrite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)Hydrocalumite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)
Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Ktenasite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)
Langite  (*)Lead  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Litharge  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rozenite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Simonkolleite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Susannite  (*)
Tridymite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Willemite  (*)Zinc  (*)Zincite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2011451253898803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2011451253892734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2011451253893250
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6201145125389413
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62011451253891633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)201145225388,2538927770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)201145325388,25389,253944979
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O20114512538991
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2201145225388,2538927198
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O201145125389295
Copper  (*)CopperCu2011451253893846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2011451253894165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2011451253892970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O201145125389366
Dypingite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O20114512538950
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O20114512538985
Fougèrite  (*)HydrotalciteFe2+4Fe3+2(OH)12(CO3)·3H2O20114512538920
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS419145425388,25389,25392,2539424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2011451253897437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS201145125389717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O201145225389,253946890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2011451253881689
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O441914512539273
Hydrocalumite  (*)HydrotalciteCa4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2·4H2O20114512538930
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2201145125389201
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O201145125389341
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6201145225388,253891066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62011451253892228
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O20114512538975
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)20114512538997
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O201145125389593
Lead  (*)CopperPb201145125389192
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2201145125389265
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)201145125389581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2201145125389987
Litharge  (*)NonePbO201145125389139
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O420114512538914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2201145225388,2538912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22011451253885674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O201145125389915
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs201145125388633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS201145125388767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2419145425388,25389,25392,2539439462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl201145225388,253891725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82011451253899056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2201145325388,25389,2539461156
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O201145125389293
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O201145125389142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O201145125389292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2011451253896417
Simonkolleite  (*)NoneZn5(OH)8Cl2·H2O0012538911
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2011451253882473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS419145425388,25389,25392,2539421482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2011451253892045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)220114512538999
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2201145125389458
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O201145125389636
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4201145125388303
Zinc  (*)NoneZn20114512538952
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO20114512538998


2 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 
sedexmvt-00036419299Devonian-Carboniferous host rock age   Yes  122727Schmalgraf Mine, Kelmis (La Calamine), Plombières-Vieille Montagne-Moresnet (Plombières-Altenberg-Moresnet) Mining District, Verviers, Liège, Wallonia, BelgiumSchmalgrafTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 

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