The Potosi Mine is a silver mine located in Owyhee county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,201 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 43.0153, -116.73220
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Potosi Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Potosi Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Owyhee
District: French District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: W. Stoddard, W. Kehaly ( 1955 )
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Physiographic Detail: Owyhee Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVG VALUES IN 1907 OF $20-50/TON
Analytical Data: ORE WORTH $38/TON IN 1870
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): $6,000 WORTH OF AU & AG MINED IN 1869
Comment (Workings): 7 TUNNELS ( 1955 )
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1898, THE GOLD AND SILVER VEINS OF SILVER CITY, DELAMAR, AND OTHER MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO: 20TH ANN. REPORT, U.S.G.S., P. 75 -205 (PT. 3).
Reference (Deposit): MC DOWELL, G. A., 1955 , 57TH ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1955 .
Reference (Deposit): PANSZE, A. J., JR., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER CITY-DELAMAR-FLINT REGION, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 161 , 79 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1898 COMPILE W. LINDGREN, 20TH ANN. REPT.
Reference (Deposit): 1968 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 161
Reference (Deposit): 1974 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 162
Reference (Production): LINDGREN, W., 1898, USGS 20TH ANN. REPT., PT. 3, P. 75-205. BELL, R. N., 1907 , 9TH ANN REPT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1907.
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