Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
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: 3908
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3908.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bristol Silver Mines Inc., Bristol And Jackrabbit Districts, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Bristol Mine
Day Mine Lease
Great Eastern Mine
Hillside Mine
Home Run Mine
Iron Mine
May Day Mine
National Mine
Tempest Mine
Vesuvius Mine

Latitude: 38°4'51"N
Longitude: 114°36'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.080833333333,-114.61583333333

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	Brochantite	Calcite	Chenevixite	Clay
Corundum	Diaspore	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Veszelyite

Aragonite ()*	Argentojarosite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chenevixite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Malachite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	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 Mg Na O P Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Brochantite Calcite Chenevixite Clay
Corundum Diaspore Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Veszelyite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	66	2.6	1	238452	3250
Argentojarosite ()*	Alunite	AgFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	1	238452	58
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	66	2.6	1	238458	544
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	1	238452	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	66	2.6	0		5509
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	1	238452	132
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	66	2.6	1	238452	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	66	2.6	2	238452,238458	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	66	2.6	0		4979
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂	66	2.6	1	238452	90
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	66	2.6	0		1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	66	2.6	2	238452,238458	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	66	2.6	1	238452	363
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	66	2.6	3	238452,238455,238458	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	66	2.6	1	238452	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	66	2.6	1	238452	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	66	2.6	0		14640
Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Alunite	(H₃O)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	1	238452	65
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	2	238452,238458	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	66	2.6	2	238452,238458	12537
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	66	2.6	0		1508
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	1	238452	254
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	1	238452	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	66	2.6	0		39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	66	2.6	1	238452	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	66	2.6	1	238452	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	66	2.6	0		6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	66	2.6	0		2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	66	2.6	0		21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	66	2.6	2	238452,238458	1101
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							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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