The New Potosi Mine is a silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,240 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,240 Feet (1,902 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.1525, -118.10667
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New Potosi Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: New Potosi Mine
Secondary: Potosi
Secondary: Peterson
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Candelaria 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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Peterson, G. A.
Home Office: Mina, Nevada
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1947
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: District Is Bounded On North By Major Post-Mineral Fault
Type: L
Description: Alpha Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AS HIGH AS 10 OZ AG, 10% PB, 6% SB, AND 1/2 OZ AU/TON
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Jamesonite
Ore: Bindheimite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ARE EXTENSIVE
Comment (Geology): AGE OF HOST ROCKS BASED ON FOSSIL EVIDENCE, TRIASSIC.
Comment (Development): PATENTED IN 1870'S, RUN BY PETERSON SINCE 1947, LEASED SINCE 1952, ACTIVE IN 1956. NOT LISTED AS ACTIVE IN 1980
Comment (Deposit): PRESUMABLY PART OF EAST-TRENDING VEIN SYSTEM IN CANDELARIA FORMATION THAT PARALLELS BEDDING. PRODUCTION CAME FROM PRIMARY SULFIDE ORE. PRODUCTIVE ORE CAME FROM LOWER SHALE BOUNDARY
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): DEEP SULFIDE ORE COULD NOT BE HANDLED IN THE 1800'S, BUT IT WAS WORKED AT THIS MINE IN THE 1950'S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D.C, 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58
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.
