The Potosi Mine is a zinc mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,516 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: 6,516 Feet (1,986 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc
Lat, Long: 35.9611, -115.53670
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Potosi Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Potosi Mine
Secondary: Comet
Secondary: Potesi
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Goodsprings 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Nevada Mineral Ventures
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1988
Owner Name: Anaconda Co.
Info Year: 1938
Production
Year: 1915
Description: Hydrozincite 9964 M. Tons
Year: 1917
Description: Hydrozincite 9330 M.Tons
Year: 1916
Description: Hydrozincite 12482 M. Tons
Year: 1914
Description: Hydrozincite 4273 M. Tons
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1905
Discovery Year: 1855
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Smithsonite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE MAJOR ZINC ORE IS HYROZINCITE IN THE OXIDIZED ZONE, AND SPHALERITE IN THE UNOXIDIZED ZONE.
Comment (Reference): MICROFILM FILE NUMBER 80.7200 (SECOND SPOOL) HAS SOME INFORMATION ON APPLICATION FOR AN ACCESS ROAD.
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE BODY IS SO IRREGULAR THAT THERE CAN BE NO PRECISE MEASUREMENT OF THE LENGTH ETC. OF THE BODY. THE WORKINGS ARE EXTENSIVE, FOLLOWING SMALL STRINGERS OR EXPLORING FOR MORE ORE BODIES.
References
Reference (Deposit): TRY. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION (CONFIDENTIAL REPORT)
Reference (Deposit): 1941, PP.
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES, 1923.
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEVADA,
Reference (Deposit): 1973, NEV. BUMINES BULL. 81.
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN
Reference (Deposit): QUAD., NEV. AND CALIF., 1956, USGS PROF. PAPER 275, P. 150
Reference (Deposit): KOSCHMANN, A.H., AND BERGENDAHL, M.H., PRINCIPAL GOLD- PROD-
Reference (Deposit): USING DISTRICTS OF THE US, 1968, USGS PROF. PAPER 610,
Reference (Deposit): P. 174-175.
Reference (Deposit): USBU MINES WFOC MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 37.011. SEQ. NO. 032-
Reference (Deposit): 003-0110.
Reference (Deposit): BAIN, H.F., A NEVADA ZINC DEPOSIT, 1906, USGS BULL. 285,
Reference (Deposit): P. 166-169.
Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS IN GOODSPRINGS DISTRICT, NEV., 1954, USGS BULL.
Reference (Deposit): 1010, P. 41-49.
Reference (Deposit): CLARK CO., NEV., 1937, USBUMINES INFO. CIRC. 6964.
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D.F., GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GOODSPRINGS
Reference (Deposit): QUAD., NEV., 1931, USGS PROF. PAPER 162, P. 123-126.
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D.F., GEOL. AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IVANPAH
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C.R., PAMPEYAN, E.H., BOWYER, B., AND ROBERTS, R.J
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSIT OF CLARK CO., NEV., 1965, NEV.
Reference (Deposit): BUMINES BULL. 62.
Reference (Deposit): HALE, F.A. JR., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE YELLOW PINE MINING DIST.
Reference (Deposit): OF NEV., MINING AND ENG. JOUR., V. 105, NO. 10, P. 455.
Reference (Deposit): ALBRITTON, C.C., ET AL, GEOLOGIC CONTROLS OF LEAD AND ZINC
Reference (Deposit): GAGE, H.L. THE LEAD-ZINC MINES OF NEVADA. IN: SOME FOREIGN
Reference (Deposit): AND DOMESTIC LEAD-ZINC MINES THAT COULD SUPPLY ZINC CON-
Reference (Deposit): CENTRATES TO A PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTROLYTIC ZINC INDUS-
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.
