The New Potosi Mine is a gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,280 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,280 Feet (1,914 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.1525, -118.10670
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New Potosi Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: New Potosi Mine
Secondary: Potosi Mine
Secondary: Peterson
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
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
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Ownership
Owner Name: Candelaria Metals, Inc.
Company ID: 2601684
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1982
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, 60P.
Reference (Deposit): ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982. COMPILED BY
Reference (Deposit): STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS
Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 58, 1961, TB 6.2
Reference (Deposit): FIGS 12,15
Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 61, 1963, P. 115, PL.1, FIG 31
Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 56, 1959, PP. 7,10,48,54,55,57,59,
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.
