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

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

mindat Locality ID: 205143
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205143.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oneux, Theux, Verviers, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Le Rocheux Mine
Oneux Mines

Latitude: 50°32'37"N
Longitude: 5°49'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.543611111111,5.8291666666667
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 Cu Fe H Hg K Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteDiasporeDundasiteGypsumMarcasite
MelanteriteNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSulphurWurtzite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dundasite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hawleyite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Willemite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O201145225412,25413470
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)201145225412,254132734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)201145225412,2541311547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)201145225412,2541327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)201145225412,254134979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2201145225412,2541327198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS201145225412,254132600
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22011451254139895
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O201145225412,2541397
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS201145225412,2541324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2011451254127437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS201145125413717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O201145225412,254136890
Hawleyite  (*)SphaleriteCdS20114512541262
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O201145225412,254131689
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62011451254122228
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2201145225412,254135674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O201145225412,25413915
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS220114512541339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2201145225412,2541361156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)201145225412,254132473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS201145225412,2541321482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS201145225412,254132045
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4201145125413303


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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