Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Broken Hills Mine, Broken Hills District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 39374
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39374.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Broken Hills Mine, Broken Hills District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°3'16"N
Longitude: 118°'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.054444444444,-118.01027777778

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Clay	Covellite	Gypsum	Molybdenite	None
Owyheeite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bindheimite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Galena ()*
Gypsum ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Owyheeite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Clay Covellite Gypsum Molybdenite None
Owyheeite Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	966
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	450
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	843
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	784
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Owyheeite ()*	Owyheeite	Ag₃Pb₁₀Sb₁₁S₂₈	89
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	477
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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