Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Smoky Valley Mine (Smoky Mine; Big Smoky Mine), Birch Creek District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 82.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 67.5

mindat Locality ID: 59837
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59837.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Smoky Valley Mine (Smoky Mine; Big Smoky Mine), Birch Creek District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°22'20"N
Longitude: 117°'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.372222222222,-117.01222222222

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Copper	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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: Ag As C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Copper None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	82.5	67.5	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	82.5	67.5	27770
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	82.5	67.5	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	82.5	67.5	2812
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	82.5	67.5	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	82.5	67.5	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	82.5	67.5	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	82.5	67.5	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	82.5	67.5	5317

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-118314	82.5	67.5	75±7.5	118314	59837	Smoky Valley Mine (Smoky Mine; Big Smoky Mine), Birch Creek District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-118315	82.5	67.5	75±7.5	118315	59837	Smoky Valley Mine (Smoky Mine; Big Smoky Mine), Birch Creek District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-118487	82.5	67.5	75±7.5	118487	59837	Smoky Valley Mine (Smoky Mine; Big Smoky Mine), Birch Creek District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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