Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Silver Queen Mine (New Silver Queen Mine), Deadwood, Galena District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 58
Youngest recorded age at locality: 46

mindat Locality ID: 23014
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23014.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silver Queen Mine (New Silver Queen Mine), Deadwood, Galena District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°18'50"N
Longitude: 103°44'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.313888888889,-103.73333333333

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Descloizite	None	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 Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Descloizite None Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Gold ()*	Mottramite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	58	46	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	58	46	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	58	46	1382
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	58	46	378
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	58	46	9895
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	58	46	663
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	58	46	30554
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	58	46	362
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	58	46	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	58	46	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	58	46	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	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	Age Notes
	NAVDAT-92344	58	46	52±6					92344						23014	Silver Queen Mine (New Silver Queen Mine), Deadwood, Galena District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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