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Locality Name:
Chaudfontaine, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium

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

mindat Locality ID: 302
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chaudfontaine, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
La Rochette
Prayon
Trooz
Unnamed Pb-Zn Deposit

Latitude: 50°34'52"N
Longitude: 5°40'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.581111111111,5.6808333333333
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 As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundum
DiasporeGypsumHalotrichiteMarcasiteMicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
SulphurWavellite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Delvauxite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O201145125266470
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2011451252663250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2011451252669052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)201145425266,25267,25270,2527111547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42011451252665516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)201145325266,25269,2527027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS220114512527127198
Delvauxite  (*)AmorphousCaFe3+4(PO4)2(OH)8·4-5H2O20114512526641
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22011451252669895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS201145225266,2527124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2011451252667437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2011451252666890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O201145125266409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O320114512526614640
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2201145225266,252705674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)220114512526617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2201145325266,25270,2527139462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl2011451252661725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2201145225266,2526761156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2011451252666417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS201145225266,2527121482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2011451252662045
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O201145125266374


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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