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Marquise, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Francei
Regional Level Types
MarquiseCommune
Boulogne-sur-MerArrondissement
Pas-de-CalaisDepartment
Hauts-de-FranceRegion
FranceCountry

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View of the Marquise marble quarrying area, in 1907.

Marquise, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France
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View of the Marquise marble quarrying area, in 1907.

Marquise, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France
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View of the Marquise marble quarrying area, in 1911.

Marquise, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France
01854700017272331809525.jpg
View of the Marquise marble quarrying area, in 1907.

Marquise, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France
06931440017272331809833.jpg
View of the Marquise marble quarrying area, in 1907.

Marquise, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France
01920740017272331819539.jpg
View of the Marquise marble quarrying area, in 1911.

Marquise, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France
01854700017272331809525.jpg
View of the Marquise marble quarrying area, in 1907.

Marquise, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France
06931440017272331809833.jpg
View of the Marquise marble quarrying area, in 1907.

Marquise, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France
Type:
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Marquise4,670 (2016)
Rinxent2,848 (2016)
Mindat Locality ID:
262247
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:262247:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Other Languages:
French:
Marquise, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France
German:
Marquise, Arrondissement Boulogne-sur-Mer, Département Pas-de-Calais, Nordfrankreich, Frankreich
Italian:
Marquise, arrondissement di Boulogne-sur-Mer, Passo di Calais, Alta Francia, Francia
Russian:
Маркиз, Булонь-сюр-Мер, Па-де-Кале, О-де-Франс, Франция
Simplified Chinese:
馬奇士, 滨海布洛涅区, 加来海峡省, 上法兰西大区, 法国
Spanish:
Marquise, Distrito de Boulogne-sur-Mer, Paso de Calais, Alta Francia, Francia
Afrikaans:
Marquise, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Frankryk
Arabic:
ماركيس , باد كاليه, شمال فرنسا, فرنسا
Aragonese:
Marquise, Paso de Calais, Altos de Francia, Francia
Asturian:
Marquise, Pas-de-Calais, Alta Francia, Francia
Bambara:
Marquise, Faransi
Basque:
Marquise, Boulogne-sur-Mereko barrutia, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Frantzia
Bavarian:
Marquise, Hauts-de-France, Frankreich
Breton:
Marquise, arondisamant Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Bro-C'hall
Catalan:
Marquise, Districte de Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas de Calais, Alts de França, França
Cebuano:
Marquise, Arrondissement de Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Pransiya
Chechen:
Маркиз, Па-де-Кале, Франци
Corsican:
Marquise, Francia
Croatian:
Marquise, Francuska
Czech:
Marquise, Arrondissement Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Francie
Danish:
Marquise, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Frankrig
Dutch:
Marquise, Arrondissement Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Frankrijk
Dutch Low Saxon:
Marquise, Opper-Frankriek, Frankriek
Esperanto:
Marquise, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Francio
Estonian:
Marquise, Pas-de-Calais' departemang, Prantsusmaa
Faroese:
Marquise, Frakland
Finnish:
Marquise, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Ranska
Franco-Provençal:
Marquise, Pâs-de-Calês, France
Friulian:
Marquise, France
Galician:
Marquise, Pas-de-Calais, Alta Francia, Francia
Greenlandic:
Marquise, Franskit Nunaat
Hungarian:
Marquise, Pas-de-Calais, Felső-Franciaország, Franciaország
Icelandic:
Marquise, Frakkland
Ido:
Marquise, Francia
Indonesian:
Marquise, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Perancis
Interlingua:
Marquise, Departimento Pas-de-Calais, Francia
Interlingue:
Marquise, Francia
Irish Gaelic:
Marquise, An Fhrainc
Jamaican Patois:
Marquise, Frans
Japanese:
マルキーズ , パ=ド=カレー県, オー=ド=フランス地域圏, フランス
Kabyle:
Marquise, Fransa
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Маркиз, Па-де-Кале, Франция
Kongo:
Marquise, Pas-de-Calais, Fwalansa
Latin:
Marquise, Gesoriacum, Fretum Calisii, Alta Franciae, Francia
Latvian:
Marquise, Padekalē, Francija
Ligurian:
Marquise, Fransa
Limburgian:
Marquise, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Frankriek
Lithuanian:
Marquise, Pajūrio Bulonė, Pa de Kalė, Aukštutinė Prancūzija, Prancūzija
Low Saxon/Low German:
Marquise, Pas-de-Calais, Frankriek
Luxembourgish:
Marquise, Arrondissement Boulogne-sur-Mer, Departement Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Frankräich
Malagasy:
Marquise, Pas-de-Calais, Frantsa
Malay:
Marquise, Pas-de-Calais, Perancis
Minangkabau:
Marquise, Parancih
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Marquise, Boulogne-sur-Mer Kūn, Pas-de-Calais, Hoat-kok
Narom:
Marquise, France
Neapolitan:
Marquise, Franza
Norwegian:
Marquise, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Frankrike
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Marquise, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Frankrike
Occitan:
Marquise, Pas de Calais, Nauts de França, França
Papiamento:
Marquise, Fransia
Picard:
Marquisse, Pas-Calés, Heuts-d'Franche, Franche
Piedmontese:
Marquise, Dipartiment ëd Pass ëd Calais, Fransa
Polish:
Marquise, Okręg Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Francja
Portuguese:
Marquise, Bolonha-sobre-o-Mar, Pas-de-Calais, Altos da França, França
Romanian:
Marquise, Arondismentul Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Nord - Pasul Calais și Picardia, Franța
Romansh:
Marquise, Frantscha
Sardinian:
Marquise, Frantza
Scots:
Marquise, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Fraunce
Scottish Gaelic:
Marquise, Pas-de-Calais, An Fhraing
Sicilian:
Marquise, Francia
Slovak:
Marquise, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Pikardia, Francúzsko
Swahili:
Marquise, Pas-de-Calais, Ufaransa
Swedish:
Marquise, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Frankrike
Turkish:
Marquise, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Fransa
Ukrainian:
Маркіз, Булонь-сюр-Мер, Па-де-Кале, О-де-Франс, Франція
Venetian:
Marquise, Paso de Calè, Fransa
Vietnamese:
Marquise, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Pháp
Volapük:
Marquise, Fransän
Walloon:
Marquise, France
Waray:
Marquise, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Fransya
Welsh:
Marquise, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Ffrainc
West Flemish:
Marquise, Arroundissement Bonen, Nauw van Kales, Hauts-de-France, Vrankryk
Wolof:
Marquise, Faraas
Zulu:
Marquise, IFulansi


"Marble" (limestone) quarries, famous for providing marble for the Montparnasse railway station and the Elysée, the presidential palace in Paris. There is also some dolomite.
The quarries exploit limestone of Visean age; there is also a quarry that exploits limestone from the Upper Devonian.
There are large hills of waste stone in the landscape.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.


Mineral List


2 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
O CalciteCaCO3
SSulfur
S PyriteFeS2
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
FeIron
Fe PyriteFeS2

Fossils

There are 6 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.

Occurrences28
Youngest Fossil Listed156 Ma (Jurassic)
Oldest Fossil Listed209 Ma (Late/Upper Triassic)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Great Oolite - Cornbrash1164.7 - 161.2 Ma (Jurassic)
Great Oolite5167.7 - 155.7 Ma (Jurassic)
Bath Oolite1168.3 - 166.1 Ma (Middle Jurassic)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Pliosauridae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pliosauridae161.2 - 155.7 Ma
Jurassic
Pterophyllum
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cycadopsida : Pterophyllum208.5 - 199.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Nilssoniopteris
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cycadopsida : Nilssoniopteris208.5 - 199.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Lepidopteris
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Peltaspermaceae : Lepidopteris208.5 - 199.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Pseudotubithyris globata
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Lobothyrididae : Tubithyris : Pseudotubithyris globata168.3 - 166.1 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Podozamites
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Podocarpaceae : Podozamites208.5 - 199.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Todites
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Osmundales : Osmundaceae : Todites208.5 - 199.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Danaeopsis
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Marattiales : Marattiaceae : Danaeopsis208.5 - 199.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Burmirhynchia (Hopkinsirhynchia) hopkinsi
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Tetrarhynchiidae : Burmirhynchia : Burmirhynchia (Hopkinsirhynchia) hopkinsi168.3 - 164.7 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Burmirhynchia (Hopkinsirhynchia) elegantula
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Tetrarhynchiidae : Burmirhynchia : Burmirhynchia (Hopkinsirhynchia) elegantula168.3 - 164.7 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Kutchirhynchia morieri idonea
subspecies
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Tetrarhynchiidae : Kutchirhynchia : Kutchirhynchia morieri idonea168.3 - 166.1 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 6 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquise,_Pas-de-Calais
Wikidata ID:Q763001
GeoNames ID:6439710


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