Potosi District
Overview
Other Names: Crystal, Osgood Range, Getchell, Kelly Creek, Preble
County: Humboldt
Discovered: 1874
Commodities: gold, tungsten, silver, copper, molybdenum, arsenic, antimony, mercury, barite
Comments
The Crystal district was organized in the Fremont (Osgood) Range in 1874. By 1878 the name had been changed to Potosi and the district included all of the northern Osgood Range. The district is now considered to extend from Kelly Creek Valley on the east to Preble at the south end of the Osgood Range just north of Preble Crossing of the Humboldt River.
References
Winnemucca Silver State, September 17, 1874; Stoddard, 1932, p. 46; Vanderburg, 1938a, p. 40; Bailey and Phoenix, 1944, p. 100; Willden, 1964, tables 18, 19; Lawrence, 1963, p. 86; Bonham, 1976; Stager and Tingley, 1988, p. 76
Potosi Placer District Description
A few ounces of placer gold was recovered from stream gravels in the Potosi district (T. 38 N., R. 42 E.) on the east side of the Osgood Mountains. The gold was probably derived from erosion of the rich gold-silver ores of the Getchell mine and similar veins.
Literature
U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1958.
Willden, 1964.
Poverty Peak District
Overview
County: Humboldt
Discovered: 1936
Commodities: mercury
Comments
Located in the northern part of Hot Springs Range.
References
Bailey and Phoenix, 1944, p. 101; Willden, 1964, tables 14, 15
Proctor District
Overview
Other Names: Silver Zone
County: Elko
Discovered: 1872
Commodities: tungsten, silver, copper, limestone
Comments
The Proctor district is located in the vicinity of Proctor, a station on the Union Pacific Railroad at Silver Zone Pass in the central Toano Range.
References
Lincoln, 1923, p. 53; Stoddard, 1932, p. 33; Gianella, 1945, p. 45; Granger and others, 1957, p. 124; Smith 1976, p. 133; Stager and Tingley, 1988, p. 63; LaPointe and others, 1991, p. 183
Pueblo District
Overview
Other Names: Warm Springs
County: Humboldt
Discovered: 1863
Commodities: gold, silver, copper, lead
Comments
The Pueblo district is in the Pueblo Mountains, just south of the Oregon state line. The district was organized about the time of the Black Rock excitement, but miners were driven out in 1864. Pueblo and Vicksburg, to the south in the Pine Forest Range, are sometimes combined into a large Warm Springs district.
References
Stretch, 1867, p. 45; Lincoln, 1923, p. 105; Stoddard, 1932, p. 48; Vanderburg, 1938a, p. 49; Willden, 1964, p. 121-122 and tables 20, 21
Pyramid District
Overview
Other Names: Pyramid Lake, New El Dorado
County: Washoe
Discovered: 1863
Organized: 1876
Commodities: silver, gold, copper, uranium, lead, zinc, tungsten, molybdenum, arsenic
Comments
Located in the vicinity of Mullen Pass in the northern Pah Rah Range. Washoe County mining records locate a New El Dorado district in sections 15, 16, 21 T23N, R21E, an area now included in the Pyramid district.
References
Whitehill, 1877, p. 158; Lincoln, 1923, p. 238; Stoddard, 1932, p. 84; Overton, 1947, p. 81; La Heist, 1965, p. 66; Bonham, 1969, p. 81; Stager and Tingley, 1988, p. 203; Washoe Country mining records
