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Locality Name:
Eupen, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium

Oldest recorded age at locality: 542
Youngest recorded age at locality: 251

mindat Locality ID: 294042
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-294042.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eupen, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ternell

Latitude: 50°32'57"N
Longitude: 6°7'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.549166666667,6.1325
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: Ag Al As Bi Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDigeniteEpidote
FeldsparMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePavonitePrehnitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTetradymiteTitanite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Aleksite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Benjaminite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Galena  (*)Hessite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Joséite-B  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pilsenite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetradymite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)5422511252838803
Aleksite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te2S254225112528328
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO55422511252831310
Benjaminite  (*)PavoniteAg3Bi7S1254225112528345
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S5422511252835707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS254225112528327198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)5422511252831025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS542251125283966
Copper  (*)CopperCu5422511252833846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS5422511252834165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S5422511252831027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)5422511252838173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O542251125283345
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS54225112528324243
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te542251125283804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O35422511252835433
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S54225112528386
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O454225112528314899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS25422511252835674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS25422511252835800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)254225112528317380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS542251125283767
Pilsenite  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te354225112528357
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)25422511252831898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS254225112528339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S85422511252839056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO254225112528361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO25422511252835614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)5422511252834894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS54225112528321482
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S542251125283510
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O5422511252834899
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe542251125283100


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
PorphCu-00143542251Paleozoic      Albite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Hessite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Tetradymite, TitaniteCu122928Herzogenhügel (Hertogenwald; La Helle), Ternell, Eupen, Liège, Wallonia, BelgiumHerzogenhugelSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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