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:
Moresnet, 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: 132145
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132145.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moresnet, 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°43'10"N
Longitude: 5°59'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.719444444444,5.9955555555556

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.

None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

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: Fe Mn O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe Mn O Pb S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Galena ()*	Hetaerolite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	419	145	24243
Hetaerolite ()*	Spinel	ZnMn³⁺₂O₄	419	145	73
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	419	145	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	419	145	21482

2 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
	sedexmvt-00036	419	299	Devonian-Carboniferous		host rock age					Yes				122727	Schmalgraf Mine, Kelmis (La Calamine), Plombières-Vieille Montagne-Moresnet (Plombières-Altenberg-Moresnet) Mining District, Verviers, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium	Schmalgraf	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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