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Locality Name:
Amsteg Power Station, Amsteg, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland

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

mindat Locality ID: 133249
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133249.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Amsteg Power Station, Amsteg, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Chärstelenbach Tunnel
Control Room Construction Site
Pfaffensprung-Amsteg Water Tunnel

Latitude: 46°46'4"N
Longitude: 8°40'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.767777777778,8.6711111111111
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sn Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBrookiteCalciteChloriteClayFeldsparMicaNickelineNonePyrite
QuartzRhodoniteRocksaltSphaleriteStanniteTitanite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chamosite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Ferri-ghoseite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS2992951114662312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)29929511146608803
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO22992951114660700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)299295111466127770
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)82992950577
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)229929511146609895
Ferri-ghoseite  (*)Amphibole   (NaMn2+)(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2299295111466214
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2299295017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2299295039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S829929511146629056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2299295111466161156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)2992951114662969
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS299295021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS42992951114662668
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O29929504899


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
CMP111_329-1299295297±2207Pb/235U titaniteKAW 2519 YesTitanite  130990Reuss Valley, Uri, SwitzerlandAar massif, Reuss Valley, central Alps.Schaltegger (1992)10.1007/BF00311195CMP111_329Fig. 5. b

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