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Locality Name:
Bristol And Jackrabbit Districts, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 36891
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36891.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bristol And Jackrabbit Districts, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Black Metals Mine (Black Metal Mine; Jackrabbit Mine; Day Mine)
Bristol Silver Mines Inc.
Bristol Well Deposit
Cave Mine
Chinaman Diggings
Crescent Mine
Detroit Mine
Fortuna Prospect
Gypsy Mine
Ida Mae Mine (E And F Mine; Ida May Mine)
Lucky Star Mine (Giant Mine)
Mayflower Mine
McCullough Hill
Monarch Mine (Atlas Mine)
Oregon Short Line Mine
Pioche-Bristol Mine (Cutt Mine)
Unnamed Copper Prospect
Woodbutcher Mine

Latitude: 38°5'19"N
Longitude: 114°36'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.088611111111,-114.61305555556

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	Atacamite	Baryte	Beryl	Brochantite	Calcite
Chenevixite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Garnet	Kaolinite	Ludwigite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Pavonite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilbite
Tetrahedrite	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 B Bi Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Mn O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Beryl Brochantite Calcite
Chenevixite Clay Corundum Diaspore Garnet Kaolinite Ludwigite Malachite None Not in a structural group
Pavonite Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stilbite
Tetrahedrite Veszelyite

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Argentojarosite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Azurite ()*	Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Brochantite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chenevixite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Conichalcite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Fluoborite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Hodrušite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*
Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Ludwigite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Pavonite ()*
Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stellerite ()*
Szaibélyite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Veszelyite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	66	2.6	1	238449	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	66	2.6	2	238451,238452	3250
Argentojarosite ()*	Alunite	AgFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	1	238452	58
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	66	2.6	4	238458,238463,238469,238471	544
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	2	238451,238452	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	66	2.6	3	238449,238451,238468	5509
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	2	238451,238452	132
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	66	2.6	1	238452	1633
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	66	2.6	1	238449	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	66	2.6	5	238449,238451,238452,238458,238468	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	66	2.6	4	238449,238451,238468,238476	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	66	2.6	1	238449	5707
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂	66	2.6	1	238452	90
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	66	2.6	2	238449,238451	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	66	2.6	6	238451,238452,238458,238463,238469,238471	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	66	2.6	2	238451,238452	363
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	66	2.6	1	238472	1008
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	66	2.6	7	238451,238452,238455,238458,238463,238469,238471	2970
Fluoborite ()*	None	Mg₃(BO₃)F₃	66	2.6	1	238477	52
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	66	2.6	5	238449,238451,238452,238474,238476	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	66	2.6	2	238451,238452	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	66	2.6	1	238472	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	66	2.6	1	238451	14640
Hodrušite ()*	None	Cu₈Bi₁₂S₂₂	66	2.6	1	238449	28
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	66	2.6	1	238477	341
Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Alunite	(H₃O)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	2	238451,238452	65
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	2	238467,238468	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	4	238451,238452,238458,238474	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	66	2.6	1	238462	5591
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	66	2.6	1	238477	134
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	66	2.6	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	66	2.6	9	238449,238451,238452,238458,238463,238468,238469,238471,238474	12537
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	66	2.6	2	238451,238462	1508
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	1	238452	254
Pavonite ()*	Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅	66	2.6	1	238449	72
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	2	238451,238452	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	66	2.6	1	238451	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	66	2.6	2	238449,238470	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	66	2.6	2	238451,238452	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	66	2.6	5	238451,238452,238473,238474,238478	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	66	2.6	0		969
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	66	2.6	1	238451	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	66	2.6	1	238451	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	66	2.6	1	238451	21482
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	66	2.6	0		189
Szaibélyite ()*	None	MgBO₂(OH)	66	2.6	1	238477	87
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	66	2.6	7	238451,238452,238458,238463,238469,238471,238474	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	66	2.6	1	238449	5317
Veszelyite ()*	Veszelyite	(Cu,Zn)₂Zn(PO₄)(OH)₃·2H₂O	66	2.6	1	238452	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											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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