Potosi Mining District
{{short description|Historic district in Nevada, United States}}
{{about|a former mining district in Clark County, Nevada, United States| the much larger and more famous silver-mining locale in Bolivia, South America|Potosí}}
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| name = Potosi
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| caption = Ruins near Potosi Spring
| location = S of Las Vegas off I-15 near Potosi Pass
| nearest_city = Las Vegas, Nevada
| area ={{convert|9600|acre|abbr=on}}
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| added = November 13, 1974
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| refnum = 74001144
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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.{{cite web|title=Nevada -- Clark County -- Historic districts|url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/nv/Clark/districts.html|work=National Register of Historic Places|accessdate=31 July 2011}} The town was named after the famous silver-mining city of Potosi, Bolivia.[https://books.google.com/books?id=BixwbIM7ZvAC&dq=potosi+nevada+clark+bolivia&pg=PA194 Helen S. Carlson (1974) Nevada Place Names], Reno: University of Nevada Press, {{ISBN|9780874170948}}, p.194. Retrieved 7 December 2008
History
The mines in the area produced gold, silver, zinc, platinum, copper, palladium, cobalt, nickel, and antimony.{{cite web |url= http://lists.drizzle.com/pipermail/rockhounds/2004-April/006422.html |title= Re: Collecting near Las Vegas (lost wages) nevada |accessdate= 2008-10-12 |publisher= |date= |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080626173735/http://lists.drizzle.com/pipermail/rockhounds/2004-April/006422.html |archive-date= 2008-06-26 |url-status= dead }} A small amount of carnotite (a vanadium-uranium mineral) was also discovered, but not mined.{{cite book |title=Mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada |first=Francis Church |last=Lincoln |year=1923 |pages=29–32 |hdl=2027/mdp.39015011432807?urlappend=%3Bseq=43 |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015011432807?urlappend=%3Bseq=43|access-date=September 6, 2020}}
Geography
The site of Potosi or Potosi Camp is at an elevation of {{convert|5705|ft}} above sea level.[http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=106:3:3563033173961107::NO::P3_FID:849366 Geographic Names Information System: Potosi (historical)] Retrieved 8 December 2008.
Included mines
Potosi mining district was a part of the Goodsprings Mining District and included the following mines:{{cite web |url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nvclark/clmines.html |title=Mines of Clark County, Nevada |accessdate=2008-10-12 |publisher= ancestry.com|date= }}
See also
References
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{{Nevada State Historic Places/Clark}}
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Clark County, Nevada
Category:Gold mining in Nevada
Category:Silver mining in Nevada
Category:Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada
Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada
Category:Mining districts in North America
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