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Locality Name:
Maderanertal, Uri, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 18317
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18317.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maderanertal, Uri, Switzerland": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Bänder Valley
Brunni Valley
Chäs Valley
Etzli Valley
Fruttlaui Valley
Golzern
Griesseren Valley
Lungen Valley
Reisti Valley
Stalden Valley
Stein Valley

Latitude: 46°48'4"N
Longitude: 8°46'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.801111111111,8.7808333333333

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 B Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sc Si Ti V W 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteApophylliteAragoniteBerylBrookiteCalciteChloriteClayClinozoisite
CorundumDanburiteEpidoteFeldsparHalotrichiteHeulanditeMelanteriteMonaziteNatroliteNone
Not in a structural groupPhenakitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteTalc

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Bazzite  (*)Brookite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Danburite  (*)Edenite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Pargasite  (*)Phenakite  (*)
Pickeringite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Scolecite  (*)Talc  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211146313419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)5114628,114630,114645,114648,1146518803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO22114645,1146482162
Bazzite  (*)BerylBe3(Sc,Fe3+,Mg)2Si6O18·Na0.32·nH2O111464051
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO25114629,114632,114645,114648,114650700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111464627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2114634,1146454979
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)81114643577
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O81114636148
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)21114631160
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2114638,1146398173
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O1114646303
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2114634,11464524243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O1114636246
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O33114630,114649,1146505433
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1114643915
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1114648945
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21114631313
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)1114647326
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O0265
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211114633,114636,114637,114639,114641,114644,114645,114646,114648,114650,11465161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211146455614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3114635,114636,1146394894
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O1114635390
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1114645605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO43114634,114645,1146481655



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