The Potosi Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,558 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,558 Feet (1,999 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 35.96167, -115.53556
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Potosi Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Potosi Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Goodsprings 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: Empire Zinc Co.
Years: 1913 -
Owner Name: International Smelting Co.
Years: 1926 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Physiographic Detail: Spring Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Form: DISCONTINOUS PODS AND LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Several Thrust And Normal Faults, Part Of Overturned Syncline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limestone Dolomitized Locally
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ANOMOLOUS RADIOACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH DARK BROWN SPHALERITE, CALCITE AND SHALES
Materials
Ore: Calamine
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Hydrozincite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Production): INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION SINCE 1857. PRODUCTION PROBABLY MORE THAN RECORDED
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL THOUSAND FT OF WORKINGS ON 6 LEVELS
References
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D.F., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD: USGS P.P., 162, P. 123-126.
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C.R., ET.AL, 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO; NBMG BULL. 62, P. 195.
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 81, P. 28.
Reference (Deposit): ALBRITTON, C.C., ET.AL, 1954, GEOLOGIC CONTROLS OF LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS IN GOODSPRINGS (YELLOWPINE) DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 1010, P. 41-49.
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1983, FIELD EXAM., NBMG, 28 APR 83
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.
