The Pioche Bristol Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,319 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,319 Feet (1,926 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 38.1025, -114.60306
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Pioche Bristol Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pioche Bristol Mine
Secondary: Cutt Property
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Bristol And Jackrabbit
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Pioche-Bristol Mining Co.
Years: 1932 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1916
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Highland Peak Overthrust
Type: L
Description: Small Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Comments
Comment (Location): EAST SIDE OF BRISTOL RANGE
Comment (Development): 6 CLAIMS, WORKED OCCASIONALLY BY LESSEES, BUT IDLE IN 1926.
Comment (Workings): COLLAR OF VERTICLE SHAFT IS 100 FEET SOUTH OF THE VEIN OUTCROP. SHALLOW OPEN PITS EXPLORE THE VEIN ON THE EAST OF THE OFFSET IN THE VEIN.
Comment (Geology): VEIN IS TRACEABLE FOR 750 FEET, AND IS THE RESULT OF A REPLACEMENT OF CRUSHED LIMESTONE WITHIN WELL DEFINED WALLS. THE VEIN RANGES FROM 6 TO 15 INCHES THICK, CARRIES SOME GALENA AND ANGLESITE, WITH CHIEFLY MASSIVE CERUSITE. VEIN IS COLORED GREEN DUE TO LITTLE CU. VEIN IS OFFSET 15 FEET WHERE BEING MINED. THE 250 FOOT SHAFT DOES NOT REACH THE VEIN.
References
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO. NEVADA. NEVADA BUR. OF MINES, BULL 73 P.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG DISTRICT FILE 171, MAPS
Reference (Deposit): WESTGATE, L.G. AND KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. USGS PROF. PAPER 171 P.
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA USGS BULL 648 P.
Reference (Deposit): COUCH, B.F., CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE) UNIV. OF NEVADA BULL 38, P. 85-89
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
