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Locality Name:
Amsteg, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland

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

mindat Locality ID: 130490
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130490.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Amsteg, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Amsteg Power Station
Knappere Mine
NEAT Construction Site
Riederwald
Schmitte Mine
Stuben Mine

Latitude: 46°46'11"N
Longitude: 8°40'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.769722222222,8.6708333333333

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	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum
Epidote	Feldspar	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stilbite	Titanite

Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Brookite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Ferri-ghoseite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*
Titanite ()*

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 C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Apatite Apophyllite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Corundum
Epidote Feldspar Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Stilbite Titanite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

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)	299	295	2	114659,114660	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	299	295	2	114666,114667	706
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	299	295	1	114666	1588
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	299	295	2	114660,114666	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	299	295	3	114659,114661,114666	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	299	295	1	114663	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	299	295	1	114659	577
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	299	295	1	114660	9895
Ferri-ghoseite ()*	Amphibole	(NaMn²⁺)(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	299	295	1	114662	14
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	299	295	1	114666	2740
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	299	295	1	114666	303
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	299	295	1	114666	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	299	295	1	114665	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	299	295	1	114666	1271
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	299	295	1	114659	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	299	295	2	114659,114666	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	299	295	3	114659,114662,114666	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	299	295	4	114659,114661,114665,114666	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	299	295	1	114662	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	299	295	1	114666	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	299	295	1	114666	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	299	295	4	114659,114663,114668,114669	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	299	295	4	114662,114663,114668,114669	668
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	299	295	1	114666	268
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	299	295	2	114659,114667	4899

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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