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

MRDS	M233026
DEP	10045324
Reference	ROSS, D.C, 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58
Reporter	Flynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.)