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Locality Name:
Göschenen, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 301
Youngest recorded age at locality: 294

mindat Locality ID: 155819
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155819.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Göschenen, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Göschenen Power Station
St Gotthard Highway Tunnel (north Section)
St Gotthard Railway Tunnel (north Section)

Latitude: 46°40'4"N
Longitude: 8°35'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.667777777778,8.5863888888889

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.

Allanite	Apatite	Apophyllite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite
Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Milarite	Monazite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stilbite	Titanite	Ullmannite

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anatase ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Bavenite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*
Laumontite ()*	Milarite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scolecite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*	Ullmannite ()*

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 As Be Bi C Ca Ce Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Apatite Apophyllite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite
Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Milarite Monazite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stilbite Titanite Ullmannite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	301	294	1	114684	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	301	294	1	114684	706
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	301	294	1	114684	2162
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	301	294	1	114684	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	301	294	1	114684	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	301	294	1	114684	9052
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	301	294	1	114684	255
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	301	294	1	114684	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	301	294	1	114684	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	301	294	1	114684	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	301	294	1	114684	966
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	301	294	1	114684	344
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	301	294	1	114684	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	301	294	1	114684	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	301	294	1	114684	2740
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	301	294	2	114684,114685	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	301	294	2	114684,114685	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	301	294	1	114684	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	301	294	1	114684	14640
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O	301	294	1	114684	99
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	301	294	1	114684	1271
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	301	294	2	114684,114685	156
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	301	294	1	114684	945
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	301	294	1	114684	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	301	294	1	114684	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	301	294	2	114684,114685	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	301	294	3	114683,114684,114685	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	301	294	1	114684	5614
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	301	294	1	114684	390
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	301	294	1	114684	21482
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	299	295	1	114685	268
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	301	297	1	114684	4899
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	301	294	1	114684	293

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
CMP111_329-1	299	295	297±2	207Pb/235U	titanite	KAW 2519	Yes	Titanite	130990	Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland	Aar massif, Reuss Valley, central Alps.	Schaltegger (1992)	10.1007/BF00311195	CMP111_329	Fig. 5. b
CMP111_329-2	298	294	296±2	207Pb/235U	zircon	KAW 2213A		Zircon	133244	St Gotthard Highway Tunnel (north Section), Göschenen, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland	Aar massif, central Alps.	Schaltegger and Corfu (1992)	10.1007/BF00311195	CMP111_329	p. 336
CMP111_329-3	301	297	299±2	207Pb/235U	titanite	KAW 2213A		Titanite	133244	St Gotthard Highway Tunnel (north Section), Göschenen, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland	Aar massif, central Alps.	Schaltegger and Corfu (1992)	10.1007/BF00311195	CMP111_329	Fig. 5. a
CMP111_329-4	299	294	296.5±2.5	207Pb/235U	zircon	KAW 2408		Zircon	133244	St Gotthard Highway Tunnel (north Section), Göschenen, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland	Aar massif, central Alps.	Schaltegger and Corfu (1992)	10.1007/BF00311195	CMP111_329	Fig. 5. a

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