Mine detail: Potosi Mine

Previously called 'CometPotesi'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.96109, -115.53754

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
Other material: Cerussite, Galena, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Discovery year: 1855

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Plant
First production started: 1905

Geology

References

MAS320030085
DEP10149828
Reference{Deposit:: GAGE, H.L. THE LEAD-ZINC MINES OF NEVADA. IN: SOME FOREIGN}{Deposit:: AND DOMESTIC LEAD-ZINC MINES THAT COULD SUPPLY ZINC CON-}{Deposit:: CENTRATES TO A PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTROLYTIC ZINC INDUS-}{Deposit:: TRY. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION (CONFIDENTIAL REPORT)}{Deposit:: 1941, PP.}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F.C., MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES, 1923.}{Deposit:: GARSIDE, L.J., RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEVADA,}{Deposit:: 1973, NEV. BUMINES BULL. 81.}{Deposit:: LONGWELL, C.R., PAMPEYAN, E.H., BOWYER, B., AND ROBERTS, R.J}{Deposit:: GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSIT OF CLARK CO., NEV., 1965, NEV.}{Deposit:: BUMINES BULL. 62.}{Deposit:: HALE, F.A. JR., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE YELLOW PINE MINING DIST.}{Deposit:: OF NEV., MINING AND ENG. JOUR., V. 105, NO. 10, P. 455.}{Deposit:: ALBRITTON, C.C., ET AL, GEOLOGIC CONTROLS OF LEAD AND ZINC}{Deposit:: DEPOSITS IN GOODSPRINGS DISTRICT, NEV., 1954, USGS BULL.}{Deposit:: 1010, P. 41-49.}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W.O., RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN}{Deposit:: CLARK CO., NEV., 1937, USBUMINES INFO. CIRC. 6964.}{Deposit:: HEWETT, D.F., GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GOODSPRINGS}{Deposit:: QUAD., NEV., 1931, USGS PROF. PAPER 162, P. 123-126.}{Deposit:: HEWETT, D.F., GEOL. AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IVANPAH}{Deposit:: QUAD., NEV. AND CALIF., 1956, USGS PROF. PAPER 275, P. 150}{Deposit:: KOSCHMANN, A.H., AND BERGENDAHL, M.H., PRINCIPAL GOLD- PROD-}{Deposit:: USING DISTRICTS OF THE US, 1968, USGS PROF. PAPER 610,}{Deposit:: P. 174-175.}{Deposit:: USBU MINES WFOC MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 37.011. SEQ. NO. 032-}{Deposit:: 003-0110.}{Deposit:: BAIN, H.F., A NEVADA ZINC DEPOSIT, 1906, USGS BULL. 285,}{Deposit:: P. 166-169.}
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