Mine detail: Bristol Silver Mines

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Location

Lat / long: 38.08186, -114.61694

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Manganese, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold
Other material: Anglesite, Cerussite, Galena, Malachite, Smithsonite
Discovery year: 1868

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1871

Geology

References

MRDSM242423
MAS320170019
DEP10222278
Reference{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:: NEVAD* 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.}
ReporterRidenour, James