Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Andermatt, Uri, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 134385
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134385.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Andermatt, Uri, Switzerland": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Altchilch
Bühlberg
Oberalp Valley
Schöni
Unteralp Valley
Urnerloch

Latitude: 46°37'58"N
Longitude: 8°35'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.632777777778,8.5944444444444

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Tourmaline	Zircon

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 B Ba Be C Ca F Fe H K Na O S Si U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Tourmaline Zircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bavenite ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Hematite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	114609	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	114606,114607	11547
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	1	114604	255
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	114603	27770
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	114604	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	114610	14640
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114609	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	114609	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	114603,114609	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	114609	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	114609	1516
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	114609	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	114609	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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