Potosi Mining District

This article is about a former mining district in Clark County, Nevada, United States. For the much larger and more famous silver-mining locale in Bolivia, South America, see Potosí.

Potosi
Ruins near Potosi Spring
Map
LocationS of Las Vegas off I-15 near Potosi Pass
Nearest cityLas Vegas, Nevada
Area9,600 acres (3,900 ha)
MPSSite
NRHP reference No.74001144
Added to NRHPNovember 13, 1974

The Potosi Mining District, or Potosi, was an area in Clark County of southern Nevada, U.S. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and includes three structures.[1] The town was named after the famous silver-mining city of Potosi, Bolivia.[2]

History

The mines in the area produced gold, silver, zinc, platinum, copper, palladium, cobalt, nickel, and antimony.[3][4] A small amount of carnotite (a vanadium-uranium mineral) was also discovered, but not mined.[5]

Geography

The site of Potosi or Potosi Camp is at an elevation of 5,705 feet (1,739 m) above sea level.[6]

Included mines

Potosi mining district was a part of the Goodsprings Mining District and included the following mines:[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Nevada -- Clark County -- Historic districts". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
  2. ^ Helen S. Carlson (1974) Nevada Place Names, Reno: University of Nevada Press, ISBN 9780874170948, p.194. Retrieved 7 December 2008
  3. ^ a b "Mines of Clark County, Nevada". ancestry.com. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
  4. ^ a b "Re: Collecting near Las Vegas (lost wages) nevada". Archived from the original on June 26, 2008. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
  5. ^ Lincoln, Francis Church (1923). Mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada. pp. 29–32. hdl:2027/mdp.39015011432807. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  6. ^ Geographic Names Information System: Potosi (historical) Retrieved 8 December 2008.

35°58′15″N 115°32′27″W / 35.97083°N 115.54083°W / 35.97083; -115.54083


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