Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Broken Toe Mine, Rock Hill District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 61926
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-61926.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Broken Toe Mine, Rock Hill District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Adelite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Brochantite	Connellite	Copper	Descloizite
Diaspore	Fluorite	Fornacite	Malachite	Mixite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Tetrahedrite	Tyrolite

Atacamite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Conichalcite ()*	Connellite ()*	Creedite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Duftite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Mixite ()*	Molybdofornacite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Silver ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tyrolite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si V W Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Brochantite Connellite Copper Descloizite
Diaspore Fluorite Fornacite Malachite Mixite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite
Tetrahedrite Tyrolite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	544
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1382
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	363
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	295
Creedite ()*	None	Ca₃Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₂F₈·2H₂O	48
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	378
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	220
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	168
Molybdofornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(MoO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	17
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	492
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	245

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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