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Locality Name:
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: 193759
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193759.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lontzen, Plombières-Vieille Montagne-Moresnet (Plombières-Altenberg-Moresnet) Mining District, Verviers, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Astenet
Erlenbach Mine
Eschbroich Mine
Lontzen Mine
Mützhagen Mine
Roer-Stöck Mine
Walhorn

Latitude: 50°41'4"N
Longitude: 5°59'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.684444444444,5.9944444444444
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 Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mn O P Pb S Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCoronaditeCorundum
CovelliteDiasporeDundasiteGypsumHydrotalciteKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMiniumNone
Not in a structural groupPhenakitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelSulphur

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dundasite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Gibbsite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Goyazite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hawleyite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Minium  (*)Parascholzite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Willemite  (*)Zaccagnaite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O201145525370,25371,25373,25374,25385470
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)201145225374,253852734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2011451253853250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)20114512537411547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)201145425374,25375,25382,2538527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)201145425374,25377,25384,253854979
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O201145225374,25385197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS220114512538427198
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16201145125374227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2011451253744165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2201145525370,25371,25373,25382,253849895
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O201145225374,2538597
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2011451253852740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2011451025370,25371,25373,25374,25375,25376,25377,25378,25384,2538524243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3201145125385504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)201145325374,25384,253857437
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6201145125385173
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2011451253856890
Hawleyite  (*)SphaleriteCdS20114512538562
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3201145225374,2538514640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O201145425370,25371,25373,253741689
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O420114512537473
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)62011451253741066
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42011451253745591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)220114512537412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2201145425374,25375,25384,253855674
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4201145125374247
Parascholzite  (*)NoneCaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O20114512538512
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6201145225374,25385477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2201145525375,25377,25378,25384,2538539462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl201145225374,253851725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2201145725370,25371,25373,25374,25377,25382,2538561156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2011451253856417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)201145925370,25371,25373,25374,25375,25376,25378,25384,253852473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2011451025370,25371,25373,25374,25375,25376,25377,25378,25384,2538521482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS201145325374,25377,253852045
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4201145325370,25371,25373303
Zaccagnaite  (*)HydrotalciteZn4Al2(OH)12(CO3)·3H2O2011451253856


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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