Bristol Silver Mines

The Bristol Silver Mines is a lead mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,320 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Bristol Silver Mines

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Manganese

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Bristol-Jackrabbit District

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

Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Kerr-Mc Gee Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1976

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1871
Discovery Year: 1868
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Smithsonite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Anglesite

Comments

Comment (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.

Comment (Geology): CU AND ZN SILICATES ARE ALSO LISTED AS OXIDIZED ORE MINERALS BUT THE EXACT MINERAL IS UNKNOWN.

Comment (Names): THE BRISTOL SILVER MINES IS COMPRISED OF THE GYPSY, BRISTOL, MAY DAY, AND HILLSIDE MINES, AMONG OTHERS.

References

Reference (Deposit): POSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV., NEV. BU MINES BULL. 73, 1970,

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DE-

Reference (Deposit): 1922.

Reference (Deposit): 1922, ENG. AND MINING JOUR., V. 113, PP. 279-285, FEB. 18,

Reference (Deposit): USBU MINES RPT. INVEST. 4985, PP. 6, 7.

Reference (Deposit): ENGEL, A.L., CONCENTRATION TESTS OF MANGANESE ORES, 1953,

Reference (Deposit): PP. 67-71.

Reference (Deposit): THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEV., 1932, USGS PROF. PAPER 171,

Reference (Deposit): WESTGATE, L.G., AND KNOPF, A., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF

Reference (Deposit): 1916, USGS BULL. 648, PP. 124-137.

Reference (Deposit): 1941, PP. 455.

Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEV.,

Reference (Deposit): TRY. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION (CONFIDENTIAL REPORT)

Reference (Deposit): CENTRATES TO A PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTROLYTIC ZINC INDUS-

Reference (Deposit): AND DOMESTIC LEAD-ZINC MINES THAT COULD SUPPLY ZINC CON-

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

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, J.C., OORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEV.,

Reference (Deposit): NEV., 1923, PP. 121.

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA'S BRISTOL SILVER, 1942, MINING WORLD, PP. 7-9.

Reference (Deposit): MAP SCALE: 1:6,000.

Reference (Deposit): SILVER MINE, PIOCHE, NEV.; 1959, PH.D., STANFORD UNIV.,

Reference (Deposit): MACDIARMID, R.A., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BRISTOL

Reference (Deposit): TABLE 12, P. 138; PLATE 1.

Reference (Deposit): V.2., PP. 1128-1147.

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

Reference (Deposit): INVEST. 6350, P. 20.

Reference (Deposit): ARIZ., COLO., N. NEX., AND UTAH,, 1964, USBU MINES RPT.

Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F.D., RECONNAISSANCE OF TELLURIUM RESOURCES IN

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.