National Geochronological Database sample #5704

Geographic location
-82, 36
82° ' " W, 36° ' " N
Mitchell county, NC
Knoxville or Johnson City 1:250,000 scale map quadrangle
Accurate to within 30 minutes (~30 miles)
LOCATION OF SAMPLE UNCERTAIN, PROBABLY COLLECTED NEAR SPRUCE PINE--COMPILER
Rock name Pegmatite(?)
Description SAMPLE WAS PROBABLY COLLECTED FROM A PEGMATITE--COMPILER
Laboratories University of Toronto
Compiler name Kish, S.A.
Date compiled 1979 07
Precision of location Accurate to within 30 minutes (~30 miles)
Location comment LOCATION OF SAMPLE UNCERTAIN, PROBABLY COLLECTED NEAR SPRUCE PINE--COMPILER
Bibliographic reference Collins, C.B., Farquhar, R.M., and Russell, R.D., 1954, Isotopic Constitution Of Radiogenic Leads and The Measurment Of Geological Time: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 65, p. 1-22
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Geologic map unit -82, 36
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U-Th-Pb age determinations

Age estimates
0 ± 40Ma by 207Pb/206Pb
Rock or mineral analyzed uraninite-pitchblende
Analytical details
Lab sample ID 82
204Pb concentration 0.007
206Pb concentration 94.48
207Pb concentration 5.14
208Pb concentration 0.4
Comments on analysis DECAY CONSTANTS: LAMBDA 238=1.54 E-10; LAMBDA 235=9.76 E-10
Comments 207PB/206PB AGE IS PROBABLY A MINIMUM INTRUSIVE AGE--COMPILER