Mine detail: New Potosi Mine

Previously called 'PotosiPeterson'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.15243, -118.10761

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead, Antimony, Gold
Ore: Bindheimite, Galena, Jamesonite
Orebody form: LINEAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1947

Geology

Host rock:Candelaria Formation;Candelaria Formation
Host type:Shale,Sandstone
Structure:District Is Bounded On North By Major Post-Mineral Fault, Alpha Fault
Tectonic:Basin And Range
Alteration processes:Oxidation

References

MRDSM233026
DEP10045324
ReferenceROSS, D.C, 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58
ReporterFlynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.)