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Bristol Silver Mines

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Manganese, Silver, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222278
MRDS ID M242423
MAS/MILS ID 0320170019
Record type Site
Current site name Bristol Silver Mines
Related records 10104125, 10310377

Comments on the site names

  • THE BRISTOL SILVER MINES IS COMPRISED OF THE GYPSY, BRISTOL, MAY DAY, AND HILLSIDE MINES, AMONG OTHERS.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.61694, 38.08186 (WGS84)
Elevation 2231
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bristol Range SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilson Creek Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003 N 066 E 31 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.61694, 38.08186
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 91M
    Length 76.2M
    Width 9.1M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Type of Orebody #3 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Comments on the geologic information

  • CU AND ZN SILICATES ARE ALSO LISTED AS OXIDIZED ORE MINERALS BUT THE EXACT MINERAL IS UNKNOWN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1868
Year of first production 1871

Mining district

District name Bristol-Jackrabbit District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kerr-Mc Gee Corp.
    Interest 100
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GAGE, H.L. THE LEAD-ZINC MINES OF NEVADA. IN: SOME FOREIGN

  • Deposit

    AND DOMESTIC LEAD-ZINC MINES THAT COULD SUPPLY ZINC CON-

  • Deposit

    CENTRATES TO A PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTROLYTIC ZINC INDUS-

  • Deposit

    TRY. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION (CONFIDENTIAL REPORT)

  • Deposit

    1941, PP. 455.

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEV.,

  • Deposit

    1916, USGS BULL. 648, PP. 124-137.

  • Deposit

    WESTGATE, L.G., AND KNOPF, A., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEV., 1932, USGS PROF. PAPER 171,

  • Deposit

    PP. 67-71.

  • Deposit

    ENGEL, A.L., CONCENTRATION TESTS OF MANGANESE ORES, 1953,

  • Deposit

    USBU MINES RPT. INVEST. 4985, PP. 6, 7.

  • Deposit

    EVERETT, F.D., RECONNAISSANCE OF TELLURIUM RESOURCES IN

  • Deposit

    ARIZ., COLO., N. NEX., AND UTAH,, 1964, USBU MINES RPT.

  • Deposit

    INVEST. 6350, P. 20.

  • Deposit

    RIDGE, J.D., (ED.), ORE DEPOSITS IN THE U.S. 1933-1967, 1968

  • Deposit

    V.2., PP. 1128-1147.

  • Deposit

    MACDIARMID, R.A., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BRISTOL

  • Deposit

    SILVER MINE, PIOCHE, NEV.; 1959, PH.D., STANFORD UNIV.,

  • Deposit

    MAP SCALE: 1:6,000.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA'S BRISTOL SILVER, 1942, MINING WORLD, PP. 7-9.

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF

  • Deposit

    NEV., 1923, PP. 121.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, J.C., OORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEV.,

  • Deposit

    1922, ENG. AND MINING JOUR., V. 113, PP. 279-285, FEB. 18,

  • Deposit

    1922.

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DE-

  • Deposit

    POSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV., NEV. BU MINES BULL. 73, 1970,

  • Deposit

    TABLE 12, P. 138; PLATE 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIGURES GIVEN FOR AVERAGE LENGTH, WIDTH, AND THICKNESS ARE MEASUREMENTS OF ONE OF THE LARGEST ORE BODIES, AND REPRESENT THE MAXIMUM SIZE TO DATE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-OCT-96 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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