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Blackwater

Southern California or southern Nevada (Mojave region, Basin and Range), United States

Other hydrothermalPb (Zn, Ag)

Type
Vein and replacement galena, mostly in the Noonday Dolomite (Tecopa Terrane)

Locality of Table 2 of Church et al. (2005) (Gn in Noonday Dol.; Oxidized dump material with high Pb conc.). Tecopa Terrane (Table 1). Published coordinates (n° 39 : 35°47′02″ N, 115°52′30″ O; n° 40 : 35°45′22″ N, 115°49′41″ O).

206Pb/204Pb isotope ratio, no unit Values of the same system

Standard : NIST SRM 981

ValueRangenMineral or matrixSource
18.555 ± 0.17318.432 / 18.6772galena, oxidised material (dump, limonite or oxides)
Mean and standard deviation recalculated from 2 analyses, 18.432 to 18.677 (n° 39 (Gel-N) 18.677; n° 40 (Gel-N) 18.432).
Church et al. (2005), Base- and precious-metal deposits in the Basin and Range of Souther…

207Pb/204Pb isotope ratio, no unit Values of the same system

Standard : NIST SRM 981

ValueRangenMineral or matrixSource
15.662 ± 0.04215.632 / 15.6922galena, oxidised material (dump, limonite or oxides)
Mean and standard deviation recalculated from 2 analyses, 15.632 to 15.692 (n° 39 (Gel-N) 15.692; n° 40 (Gel-N) 15.632).
Church et al. (2005), Base- and precious-metal deposits in the Basin and Range of Souther…

208Pb/204Pb isotope ratio, no unit Values of the same system

Standard : NIST SRM 981

ValueRangenMineral or matrixSource
39.882 ± 0.15239.774 / 39.9892galena, oxidised material (dump, limonite or oxides)
Mean and standard deviation recalculated from 2 analyses, 39.774 to 39.989 (n° 39 (Gel-N) 39.989; n° 40 (Gel-N) 39.774).
Church et al. (2005), Base- and precious-metal deposits in the Basin and Range of Souther…

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Cite this page

IsoFind Atlas (2026). Blackwater, isotope signatures. https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/deposits/blackwater/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

@misc{isofind2026blackwaterisotopesignatures,
  title = {Blackwater, isotope signatures},
  author = {{IsoFind Atlas}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/deposits/blackwater/},
  note = {Accessed 2026-10-21}
}

Updated : 2026-10-21