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Locality Name:
Rien Valley, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland

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

mindat Locality ID: 144857
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144857.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rien Valley, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bächenstock
Gross Schijen North Slope
Rientallücke
Schijenstock (Schyenstock; Schirstock)

Latitude: 46°40'28"N
Longitude: 8°38'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.674444444444,8.6402777777778

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 Be Bi C Ca F Fe H K Na O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteCorundumFeldsparFluoriteHeulanditeMilariteNonePhenakiteQuartzRocksalt

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cannizzarite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Hematite  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)Milarite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)29929511147008803
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)299295111470027770
Cannizzarite  (*)NonePb8Bi10S23299295111469841
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22992952114697,1147009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS299295111469824243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32992953114697,114699,11470014640
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O2992951114700246
Milarite  (*)MilariteKCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O2992952114698,114700156
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)2992952114697,114699326
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22992953114697,114699,11470061156



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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