Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Bleyberg Zinc And Lead Smelter Slag Locality, Plombières (Blieberg; Bleiberg; Bleyberg), 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: 123035
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123035.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bleyberg Zinc And Lead Smelter Slag Locality, Plombières (Blieberg; Bleiberg; Bleyberg), Plombières-Vieille Montagne-Moresnet (Plombières-Altenberg-Moresnet) Mining District, Verviers, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°44'9"N
Longitude: 5°58'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.735833333333,5.9666666666667
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 Na O P Pb S Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcoalumiteChalcopyriteConnelliteCopper
CovelliteDevillineDiasporeFeldsparGypsumHydrotalciteKtenasiteLepidocrociteLinariteMalachite
MelanteriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyite
SulphurTridymiteVivianiteWurtzite

53 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  (*)Hydrocalumite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Ktenasite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)Langite  (*)Lead  (*)
Leadhillite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)Litharge  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rozenite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Simonkolleite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Susannite  (*)Tridymite  (*)
Vivianite  (*)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)20114508803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)20114502734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)20114503250
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)62011450413
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)620114501633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)201145027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)20114504979
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O201145091
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2201145027198
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O2011450295
Copper  (*)CopperCu20114503846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS20114504165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O20114502970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O2011450366
Dypingite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O201145050
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O201145085
Fougèrite  (*)HydrotalciteFe2+4Fe3+2(OH)12(CO3)·3H2O201145020
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS201145024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)20114507437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS2011450717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O20114506890
Hydrocalumite  (*)HydrotalciteCa4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2·4H2O201145030
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)22011450201
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O2011450341
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)620114501066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)620114502228
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O201145075
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)201145097
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O2011450593
Lead  (*)CopperPb2011450192
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)22011450265
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)2011450581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22011450987
Litharge  (*)NonePbO2011450139
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4201145014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2201145012537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O2011450915
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2201145039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl20114501725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S820114509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2201145061156
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O2011450293
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O2011450142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O2011450292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)20114506417
Simonkolleite  (*)NoneZn5(OH)8Cl2·H2O00011
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS201145021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS20114502045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2201145099
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO22011450458
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O2011450636
Zinc  (*)NoneZn201145052
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO201145098


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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