Mine detail: Bristol Silver Mine

Previously called 'Snyder ShaftGypsy ShaftMay Day Shaft'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.08107, -114.61695

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver
Secondary:	Gold, Manganese
Ore:	Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Galena, Lead, Malachite, Melaconite, Plumbojarosite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR TO TABULAR
Discovery year:	1965

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1878

Geology

Host rock:	Highland Peak;Pioche Shale;Chisholm Shale;Lyndon Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Diabase,Plutonic Rock
Structure:	Thrust Faults, Faults; Barren Post-Mineral Faults

References

MRDS	M242423
DEP	10104125
Reference	{Deposit:: NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 171, ITEMS 3 (UNPUB REPORT BY COLEMAN, GEMMILL, BUEHLER) (194 *); ITEM 6 (MAP OF WORKINGS), ITEMS 12,13,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27}{Deposit:: COLEMAN, H.S., 1943, BRISTOL SILVER MINES CO., MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL, JULY, 1943; NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 171, ITEM 11}{Deposit:: WEED, W.H., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1152-1153}{Deposit:: MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., 1908, PT. 1, P. 493; 1909, PT. 1, P. 416-417}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)