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Bristol Group

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040128
MRDS ID M054794
Record type Site
Current site name Bristol Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.32061, 37.65912 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position SE END OF KAWICH RANGE AT ITS JUNCTION WITH CATHEDRA, 2500 M.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cedar Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cactus Flat(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
003S 051E 29;30;19;20 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION IS UNKNOWN - COULD BE ANYWHERE WITHIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.32061, 37.65912
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: WITH GOLD AND SILVER IN MONZONITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kawich District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. H. Brunton

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: UNIV. NEV. BULL. 38, 206 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-76 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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