Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Molybdenite at Stillwater Co., Montana, USA

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 2716Ma - 2693Ma at this locality

Age range from children

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Mo-00059	2716	2693		Molybdenite, Tarkianite	Mo	3883	Stillwater Complex, Nye, Stillwater Co., Montana, USA	DePaolo and Wasserburg (1979); Premo et al. (1990)

Specified age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Mo-00059	2716	2693		Molybdenite, Tarkianite	Mo	3883	Stillwater Complex, Nye, Stillwater Co., Montana, USA	DePaolo and Wasserburg (1979); Premo et al. (1990)

Locality age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Hg-00035	2716	2693		Potarite, Temagamite	Hg	3883	Stillwater Complex, Nye, Stillwater Co., Montana, USA	DePaolo and Wasserburg (1979); Premo et al. (1990)
JP35_1717-00001	2906	2754				3883	Stillwater Complex, Nye, Stillwater Co., Montana, USA	Lambert et al. (1994)	JP35_1717
JP35_1717-00002	2721	2681				3883	Stillwater Complex, Nye, Stillwater Co., Montana, USA	Lambert et al. (1994)	JP35_1717
USGS-Rb-Sr-03098	2608.3	2188.3				30835	Stillwater Mine, Stillwater Complex, Nye, Stillwater Co., Montana, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00319_206_238	1667.7	1667.7	Zircon			163486	Mouat Ni-Cu Verdegris Creek Prospect (Mountain View; Mouat-Sampson; Stillwater Copper-Nickel), Stillwater Complex, Stillwater Co., Montana, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00319_207_206	2661.1	2661.1	Zircon			163486	Mouat Ni-Cu Verdegris Creek Prospect (Mountain View; Mouat-Sampson; Stillwater Copper-Nickel), Stillwater Complex, Stillwater Co., Montana, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00319_207_235	2156.6	2156.6	Zircon			163486	Mouat Ni-Cu Verdegris Creek Prospect (Mountain View; Mouat-Sampson; Stillwater Copper-Nickel), Stillwater Complex, Stillwater Co., Montana, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00330_206_238	1628	1628	Zircon			161988	Hawkes Lode Prospect, Stillwater Co., Montana, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00330_207_206	2760.6	2760.6	Zircon			161988	Hawkes Lode Prospect, Stillwater Co., Montana, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00330_207_235	2186.2	2186.2	Zircon			161988	Hawkes Lode Prospect, Stillwater Co., Montana, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00331_206_238	1464.2	1464.2	Zircon			161988	Hawkes Lode Prospect, Stillwater Co., Montana, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00331_207_206	2802	2802	Zircon			161988	Hawkes Lode Prospect, Stillwater Co., Montana, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00331_207_235	2102.3	2102.3	Zircon			161988	Hawkes Lode Prospect, Stillwater Co., Montana, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00332_206_238	2442	2442				161988	Hawkes Lode Prospect, Stillwater Co., Montana, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00332_207_206	2705.8	2625.8				161988	Hawkes Lode Prospect, Stillwater Co., Montana, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00332_207_235	2566.2	2566.2				161988	Hawkes Lode Prospect, Stillwater Co., Montana, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb