Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bristol Mine, Bristol Silver Mines Inc., Bristol And Jackrabbit Districts, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 57640
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57640.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bristol Mine, Bristol Silver Mines Inc., Bristol And Jackrabbit Districts, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chenevixite	Diaspore	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Veszelyite

Aragonite ()*	Argentojarosite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chenevixite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Malachite ()*
Natrojarosite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tenorite ()*
Veszelyite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Brochantite Calcite Chenevixite Diaspore Malachite
None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Veszelyite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	66	2.6	3250
Argentojarosite ()*	Alunite	AgFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	58
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	919
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	132
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	66	2.6	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	66	2.6	27770
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂	66	2.6	90
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	66	2.6	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	66	2.6	363
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	66	2.6	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	66	2.6	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	66	2.6	7437
Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Alunite	(H₃O)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	65
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	66	2.6	12537
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	254
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	477
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	66	2.6	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	66	2.6	61156
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	66	2.6	1101
Veszelyite ()*	Veszelyite	(Cu,Zn)₂Zn(PO₄)(OH)₃·2H₂O	66	2.6	20

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00449	66	2.6	Tertiary							Yes				36891	Bristol And Jackrabbit Districts, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA	Bristol	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050471	Bristol Mine, Bristol Silver Mines Inc., Bristol And Jackrabbit Districts, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA	https://rruff.info/R050471
R050289	Bristol Mine, Bristol Silver Mines Inc., Bristol And Jackrabbit Districts, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA	https://rruff.info/R050289

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