Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Furka Pass Area, Urseren, Uri, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 132094
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132094.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Furka Pass Area, Urseren, Uri, Switzerland": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Deieren
Furkareuss
Garschen
Gletschhorn
Sidelen Brook
Sidelen Glacier

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Quartz	Rocksalt

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Bertrandite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Quartz ()*

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 Be C Ca F Fe H Na O Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Corundum Feldspar Fluorite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Quartz Rocksalt

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	114719	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	114714,114716	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	114718	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	114715	3250
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	114714	606
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	114718	4979
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	114717	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	114718	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	114720	14640
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	114718	201
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	114718	1271
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	114718	265
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	114719	326
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	114714,114716,114718	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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