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


mindat Locality ID: 37009
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37009.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Broken Hills District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Broken Hills Mine
Kaiser Mine (Baxter Mine)
Little Fluorspar Prospect
Silver Trailer Group
Spardome Mine
Sundown Mine
West Slope Prospect

Latitude: 39°3'11"N
Longitude: 118°3'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.053055555556,-118.05666666667
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: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteClayCovelliteFluoriteGypsum
MolybdeniteNoneOwyheeitePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteTetrahedrite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Owyheeite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3239006,239007,2390112793
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61239006966
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12390062734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12390069052
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O71239006450
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111239006843
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12390064979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12390061382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12390064165
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF24239007,239008,239010,2390129617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS123900624243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12390066890
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S141239006784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612390062228
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212390065800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O12390061508
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S28123900689
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61239006477
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31239006733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS312390061425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123900639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22239006,23900761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123900621482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312390065317


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