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Witter mine, Welkenraedt, Liège, Wallonia, Belgiumi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Witter mine | Mine |
| Welkenraedt | Municipality |
| Liège | Province |
| Wallonia | Region |
| Belgium | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
50° 39' 42'' North , 5° 56' 44'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Welkenraedt | 9,006 (2012) | 1.7km |
| Baelen | 3,928 (2011) | 3.9km |
| Lontzen | 4,862 (2011) | 4.8km |
| Limbourg | 5,612 (2018) | 5.5km |
| Eupen | 18,029 (2011) | 7.4km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Vieille Montagne Heritage | Kelmis / La Calamine, Belgium | 7km |
Name(s) in local language(s):
Witter, Welkenraedt, Plombières-Vieille Montagne (Plombières-Altenberg) District, Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium
Witter Mine.
This small calamine deposit was located in the same geological context as the neighbouring deposits of Pandour (in the west) and Nouvelle Espérance (part N of the Saint-Paul mine, east).
Located in the Viséen limestone, at the juxtaposition of two synclines in a faulted anticline zone, which puts the Viséen limestone in the south in contact with the Namurian sandstones and shales in the north.
Its dimensions are around 50 m (SW-NE), 20 m (SE-NW), and 5 m thick. It was exposed on the Paleozoic surface under barely a few meters of post-Paleozoic tabular terrain. They operated superficially, between -4 and -10 m.
Exploitation was carried out between 1896 and 1898, in 2 m increments in descending order.
Production figures are lacking.
Rather than an indication of a real deposit by its volume, this settlement should be seen as an annex to the Pandour deposit.
1993 Dejonghe, Ladeuze, and Jans.
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Unclassified | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | 'Calamine' | - | |
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References
Dejonghe, L., Ladeuze, F., Jans, D. (1993) Atlas des Gisements Plombo-Zinciferes Du Synclinorium de Verviers (Est de la Belgique) [Atlas of the Plumbo-Zinciferous Deposits of the Synclinorium of Verviers (Eastern Belgium)]. Mémoires pour servir à l'Explication des Cartes Géologiques et Minières de la Belgique 33. Geological Survey of Belgium
