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Locality Name:
Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 301
Youngest recorded age at locality: 294

mindat Locality ID: 130990
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130990.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland": 45
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Amsteg
Bristen
Felli Valley
Göschenen
Gurtnellen
Intschi
Ried
Rien Valley
Wassen

Latitude: 46°43'16"N
Longitude: 8°38'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.721111111111,8.6497222222222

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Apatite	Apophyllite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite
Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Halotrichite	Heulandite
Mica	Milarite	Monazite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Prehnite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stilbite	Titanite	Ullmannite

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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Sc Si Sn Ti W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Apatite Apophyllite Arsenopyrite Beryl Brookite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite
Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Halotrichite Heulandite
Mica Milarite Monazite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Phenakite Prehnite Pyrite
Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Stannite Stilbite Titanite Ullmannite

51 IMA Minerals at location:

Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anatase ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bavenite ()*	Bazzite ()*	Brookite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cannizzarite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferri-ghoseite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*	Laumontite ()*
Milarite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Phenakite ()*
Pickeringite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scolecite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*	Ullmannite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	299	295	1	114662	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	301	294	9	114659,114660,114672,114684,114687,114688,114692,114695,114700	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	301	294	3	114666,114667,114684	706
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	301	294	4	114684,114687,114692,114695	2162
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	301	294	2	114666,114684	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	301	294	1	114684	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	301	294	1	114684	9052
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	301	294	1	114684	255
Bazzite ()*	Beryl	Be₃(Sc,Fe³⁺,Mg)₂Si₆O₁₈·Na_0.32·nH₂O	299	295	1	114689	51
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	299	295	4	114660,114666,114692,114695	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	301	294	9	114659,114661,114666,114675,114678,114679,114684,114688,114700	27770
Cannizzarite ()*	None	Pb₈Bi₁₀S₂₃	299	295	1	114698	41
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	299	295	1	114691	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	301	294	3	114663,114671,114684	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	299	295	1	114659	577
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	301	294	1	114684	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	301	294	1	114684	966
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	301	294	1	114684	344
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	301	294	2	114660,114684	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	301	294	1	114684	8173
Ferri-ghoseite ()*	Amphibole	(NaMn²⁺)(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	299	295	1	114662	14
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	301	294	4	114666,114684,114692,114695	2740
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	301	294	4	114666,114678,114684,114685	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	301	294	5	114672,114684,114685,114697,114700	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	301	294	4	114666,114680,114684,114698	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	301	294	6	114665,114673,114684,114697,114699,114700	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	299	295	2	114679,114700	246
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	301	294	0		5433
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O	301	294	1	114684	99
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	301	294	3	114666,114677,114684	1271
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	301	294	4	114684,114685,114698,114700	156
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	301	294	2	114684,114692	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	299	295	2	114659,114691	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	301	294	1	114684	767
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	299	295	2	114697,114699	326
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	299	295	1	114691	265
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	299	295	1	114688	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	301	294	4	114659,114666,114684,114691	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	301	294	6	114659,114662,114666,114684,114685,114693	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	301	294	20	114659,114661,114665,114666,114671,114672,114673,114676,114677,114679,114683,114684,114685,114688,114692,114695,114697,114699,114700,114702	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	299	295	1	114662	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	301	294	4	114666,114684,114692,114695	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	299	295	2	114676,114677	4894
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	301	294	4	114677,114678,114679,114684	390
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	299	295	1	114666	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	301	294	5	114659,114663,114668,114669,114684	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	299	295	4	114662,114663,114668,114669	668
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	299	295	2	114666,114685	268
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	301	295	4	114659,114667,114679,114684	4899
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	301	294	1	114684	293
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	299	295	1	114680	1655

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
CMP111_329-1	299	295	297±2	207Pb/235U	titanite	KAW 2519	Titanite	130990	Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland	Aar massif, Reuss Valley, central Alps.	Schaltegger (1992)	10.1007/BF00311195	CMP111_329	Fig. 5. b
CMP111_329-2	298	294	296±2	207Pb/235U	zircon	KAW 2213A	Zircon	133244	St Gotthard Highway Tunnel (north Section), Göschenen, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland	Aar massif, central Alps.	Schaltegger and Corfu (1992)	10.1007/BF00311195	CMP111_329	p. 336
CMP111_329-3	301	297	299±2	207Pb/235U	titanite	KAW 2213A	Titanite	133244	St Gotthard Highway Tunnel (north Section), Göschenen, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland	Aar massif, central Alps.	Schaltegger and Corfu (1992)	10.1007/BF00311195	CMP111_329	Fig. 5. a
CMP111_329-4	299	294	296.5±2.5	207Pb/235U	zircon	KAW 2408	Zircon	133244	St Gotthard Highway Tunnel (north Section), Göschenen, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland	Aar massif, central Alps.	Schaltegger and Corfu (1992)	10.1007/BF00311195	CMP111_329	Fig. 5. a

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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