Mine detail: Potosi Mine

Location:	Owyhee County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long:	43.01518, -116.73317
dep_id:	10105558
mrds_id:	W007679
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Silver
Minor mineral:	Gold
Trace mineral:	Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Argentite, Copper, Gold
gangue:	Quartz
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR
work_type:	Underground
ore_ctrl:	Faults, Fractures
Reporter:	Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat
hrock_type:	Basalt,Granite
arock_unit:	Silver City Rhyolite;Basalt And Latite Unit-Basalt;Silver City Granite-Granodiorite
arock_type:	Diorite,Rhyolite,Basalt
disc_yr:	1875
References:	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). Deposit:: MC DOWELL, G. A., 1955 , 57TH ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1955 . 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. Deposit:: 1898 COMPILE W. LINDGREN, 20TH ANN. REPT. Deposit:: 1968 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 161 Deposit:: 1974 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 162 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.