Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Charleroi, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium

mindat Locality ID: 132133
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132133.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Charleroi, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Couillet
Fleurus
Marcinelle
Monceau-sur-Sambre
Mont-sur-Marchienne
Montignies-sur-Sambre
Ransart

Latitude: 50°24'41"N
Longitude: 4°27'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.411388888889,4.4563888888889

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Magnetoplumbite	Malachite
Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bazhenovite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hibonite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Portlandite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Salammoniac ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Zincite ()*

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 Ce Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mo N O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Magnetoplumbite Malachite
Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Wurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	25196	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	25189,25196	11547
Bazhenovite ()*	None	Ca₈S₅(S₂O₃)(OH)₁₂·20H₂O	0	0	1	25197	9
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	25187,25194,25196	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	25196	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	25196	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	25196	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	25196	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	25189,25196	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	25196	6890
Hibonite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	CaAl₁₂O₁₉			1	25197	80
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	25196	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	25196	5674
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃			1	25201	140
Portlandite ()*	Brucite	Ca(OH)₂			1	25198	51
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	25192,25196	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	25196	61156
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl			2	25191,25201	105
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	25196	21482
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO			1	25198	98

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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