Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Schächen Valley, Uri, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 134522
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134522.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Schächen Valley, Uri, Switzerland": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Brunni Valley
Klausen Pass Area
Unterschächen

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	Axinite	Brookite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Titanite

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*
Edenite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Riebeckite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	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 B C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Axinite Brookite Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Mica None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Titanite

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	114704	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	114704	2162
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	114704	260
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	114704	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	114704,114708,114709	27770
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	114704	160
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	114704	5433
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114704	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	114704	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	114704	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	114706	375
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	114704	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	114704	6417
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	114704	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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