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Locality Name:
Theux, Verviers, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145

mindat Locality ID: 205142
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205142.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Theux, Verviers, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Andrimont Mine
Oneux
Polleur

Latitude: 50°32'26"N
Longitude: 5°50'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.540555555556,5.8419444444444

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Diaspore
Dundasite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Wavellite	Wurtzite

Allophane ()*	Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Delvauxite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dundasite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hawleyite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Wavellite ()*	Willemite ()*

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 Hg K Mg O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Diaspore
Dundasite Fluorite Gypsum Malachite Marcasite Melanterite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Sulphur Wavellite Wurtzite

30 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
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	201	145	2	25412,25413	470
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	201	145	2	25412,25413	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	201	145	3	25412,25413,25414	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	201	145	3	25410,25412,25413	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	201	145	3	25410,25412,25413	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	201	145	3	25410,25412,25413	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	201	145	2	25412,25413	2600
Delvauxite ()*	Amorphous	CaFe³⁺₄(PO₄)₂(OH)₈·4-5H₂O	201	145	1	25410	41
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	201	145	2	25410,25413	9895
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	201	145	2	25412,25413	97
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	201	145	1	25410	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	201	145	3	25410,25412,25413	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	201	145	2	25410,25412	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	201	145	1	25413	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	201	145	3	25410,25412,25413	6890
Hawleyite ()*	Sphalerite	CdS	201	145	1	25412	62
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	201	145	1	25410	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	201	145	3	25410,25412,25413	1689
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	201	145	1	25412	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	201	145	1	25410	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	201	145	2	25412,25413	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	201	145	2	25412,25413	915
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	201	145	2	25410,25413	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	201	145	1	25410	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	201	145	3	25410,25412,25413	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	201	145	3	25410,25412,25413	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	201	145	3	25410,25412,25413	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	201	145	2	25412,25413	2045
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	201	145	1	25410	374
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	201	145	2	25410,25413	303

1 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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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