Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Graham Creek, Stillwater Complex, Nye, Stillwater Co., Montana, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2906
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2681

mindat Locality ID: 213231
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213231.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Graham Creek, Stillwater Complex, Nye, Stillwater Co., Montana, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Chalcopyrite	Melonite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Sphalerite

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: Bi Cu Fe Ni Pt S Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Bi Cu Fe Ni Pt S Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Melonite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Sphalerite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Cooperite ()*	Moncheite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2906	2681	27198
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS	2906	2681	124
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	2906	2681	133
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2906	2681	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2906	2681	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2906	2681	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2906	2681	21482

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Prioritized?	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Hg-00035	2716	2693		U-Pb, Sm-Nd			Yes	Potarite, Temagamite	Hg	3883	Stillwater Complex, Nye, Stillwater Co., Montana, USA		DePaolo and Wasserburg (1979); Premo et al. (1990)
JP35_1717-00001	2906	2754	2830±76	Re-Os	high	81MVL217, 801M02, 355-64-556.0, 355-64-684.5, 355-	Yes			3883	Stillwater Complex, Nye, Stillwater Co., Montana, USA	Stillwater PGE deposit, Montana, USA	Lambert et al. (1994)	10.1093/petrology/35.6.1717	JP35_1717
JP35_1717-00002	2721	2681	2701±20	Sm-Nd	high		Yes			3883	Stillwater Complex, Nye, Stillwater Co., Montana, USA	Stillwater PGE deposit, Montana, USA	Lambert et al. (1994)	10.1093/petrology/35.6.1717	JP35_1717
Mo-00059	2716	2693		U-Pb, Sm-Nd			Yes	Molybdenite, Tarkianite	Mo	3883	Stillwater Complex, Nye, Stillwater Co., Montana, USA		DePaolo and Wasserburg (1979); Premo et al. (1990)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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