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Locality Name:
Walhorn, 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: 228734
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228734.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Walhorn, Lontzen, Plombières-Vieille Montagne-Moresnet (Plombières-Altenberg-Moresnet) Mining District, Verviers, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Carnol Quarry
Merols Mine
Poppelsberg Mine
Rabotrath Mine
Rotsch

Latitude: 50°40'7"N
Longitude: 6°2'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.668611111111,6.035
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 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: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumDiasporeDundasite
GypsumHydrotalciteMarcasiteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSulphur

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dundasite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Goyazite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hawleyite  (*)Hematite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Parascholzite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)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)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O201145125385470
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2011451253852734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2011451253853250
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)201145225382,2538527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)201145225384,253854979
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O201145125385197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS220114512538427198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2201145225382,253849895
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O20114512538597
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2011451253852740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS201145225384,2538524243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3201145125385504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)201145225384,253857437
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6201145125385173
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2011451253856890
Hawleyite  (*)SphaleriteCdS20114512538562
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O320114512538514640
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2201145225384,253855674
Parascholzite  (*)NoneCaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O20114512538512
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6201145125385477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2201145225384,2538539462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl2011451253851725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2201145225382,2538561156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2011451253856417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)201145225384,253852473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS201145225384,2538521482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2011451253852045
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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