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

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

mindat Locality ID: 213235
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213235.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blakely Creek, Stillwater Complex, Nye, Stillwater Co., Montana, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Frog Pond

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: As Au Bi C Co Cr Cu Fe Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh S Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au Co Fe O Pb Pd Rh S Te Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCubaniteMarcasiteMeloniteMilleriteNickelineNone
PentlanditePyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStillwateriteUllmanniteWurtzite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Braggite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cooperite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Keithconnite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)Moncheite  (*)Palladoarsenide  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stillwaterite  (*)Vysotskite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Braggite  (*)NonePdPt3S4290626811234086101
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS229062681123408627198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42906268112340863902
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS290626810966
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS290626811234086124
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3290626811234086802
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS29062681024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu29062681030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC2906268112340862812
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S2290626811234086205
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O329062681014640
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS290626810119
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32906268105433
Keithconnite  (*)NonePd20Te729062681040
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)290626811234086451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O429062681123408614899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22906268112340865674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS2906268112340861066
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)2290626811234086133
Palladoarsenide  (*)NonePd2As29062681123408637
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82906268112340861512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS229062681123408639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82906268112340869056
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2290626811234086337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS29062681021482
Stillwaterite  (*)StillwateritePd8As329062681123408624
Vysotskite  (*)NonePdS29062681123408653


4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Hg-0003527162693 U-Pb, Sm-Nd    YesPotarite, TemagamiteHg3883Stillwater Complex, Nye, Stillwater Co., Montana, USA DePaolo and Wasserburg (1979); Premo et al. (1990)   
JP35_1717-00001290627542830±76Re-Os high 81MVL217, 801M02, 355-64-556.0, 355-64-684.5, 355- Yes  3883Stillwater Complex, Nye, Stillwater Co., Montana, USAStillwater PGE deposit, Montana, USALambert et al. (1994)10.1093/petrology/35.6.1717JP35_1717 
JP35_1717-00002272126812701±20Sm-Nd high   Yes  3883Stillwater Complex, Nye, Stillwater Co., Montana, USAStillwater PGE deposit, Montana, USALambert et al. (1994)10.1093/petrology/35.6.1717JP35_1717 
Mo-0005927162693 U-Pb, Sm-Nd    YesMolybdenite, TarkianiteMo3883Stillwater Complex, Nye, Stillwater Co., Montana, USA DePaolo and Wasserburg (1979); Premo et al. (1990)   

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