Mine detail: Bristol - Jackrabbit Mines

Previously called 'Snyder ShaftBlack ShaftBristol SilverHillsideHome RunIronGypsy VeinMay DayNationalTempestVesuviusDetroitJackrabbitBlack Metals Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.08107, -114.61695

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Gold, Manganese
Ore:	Galena, Plumbojarosite, Sphalerite, Malachite, Chrysocolla, Azurite, Smithsonite, Cuprite, Melaconite, Tenorite, Chlorargyrite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Limonite, Hematite, Calcite, Quartz, Clay
Orebody form:	irregular to tabular
Discovery year:	1860

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	replacement; fissure filling
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1870s-1940
First production started:	1870
Last production ended:	1940

Geology

Host rock:	Highland Peak, Pioche Shale, Chisholm Shale, Lyndon Limestone
Host type:	Limestone,Shale
Associated type:	Porphyry,Diabase,Lamprophyre
Structure:	Thrust faults have displaced rocks on a regional scale., faults; barren post-mineral faults

References

MRDS	M242423
DEP	10310377
Reference	{Deposit:: Westgate, L.G. & Knopf, A., 1952, Geology and Mineral Deposits of the Pioche District, Nev., USGS Professional Paper 171, p. 71.}{Deposit:: NBMG Open File 175, Item 6; File 171, Item 3, Item 17 (Map Of Workings)}{Deposit:: Anderson, J.C., 1922, Ore Deposits of the Pioche District: Eng. and Min. Jour. vol. 113, no.7., p.285}{Deposit:: NBMG District File 171, Item 2, 1924, report by G.W. Crane}{Deposit:: Hill, J.M., 1916, USGS Bull 648, p. 134-135}{Deposit:: NBMG Mining District File 171, item 3 (unpublished report by Coleman, Gemmill, & Buehler) (1940s); item 6 (map of workings), items 12,13, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27}{Deposit:: Coleman, H.S., 1943, Bristol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}{Deposit:: Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States; Part A, Database description and analysis; part B, Digital database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, 33 p., one 3.5 inch diskette.}{Deposit:: NDOM activity report for 2004.}
Reporter	LaPointe, D.D., Schruben, Paul G.