Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pfaffensprung-Amsteg Water Tunnel, Amsteg Power Station, Amsteg, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 299
Youngest recorded age at locality: 295

mindat Locality ID: 133243
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133243.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pfaffensprung-Amsteg Water Tunnel, Amsteg Power Station, Amsteg, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Nickeline	None	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite

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: Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O S Si Sn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O S Si Sn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Nickeline None Rhodonite Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Alabandite ()*	Ferri-ghoseite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Stannite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	299	295	312
Ferri-ghoseite ()*	Amphibole	(NaMn²⁺)(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	299	295	14
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	299	295	9056
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	299	295	969
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	299	295	668

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	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		Yes	Titanite			130990	Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland	Aar massif, Reuss Valley, central Alps.	Schaltegger (1992)	10.1007/BF00311195	CMP111_329	Fig. 5. b

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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