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Photograph of Carson City Mint
Photograph by Scott Schrantz, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

U.S. Mint

Built in 1863. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

From the record

“The Carson City Mint was a branch of the United States Mint in Carson City, Nevada. It primarily minted silver coins; however, it also minted gold coins, with a total face value in dollars nearly equal to that of its silver coins.”

Wikipedia article Carson City Mint, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 43 National Register listings published here for Carson City · listed in 1975 · category: Building · built in 1863, by Alfred B. Mullett.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 600 N. Carson St., Carson City (Independent City), 89703
  • When was it listed? September 1975
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Carson City
  • When was it built? 1863
  • Architect. Alfred B. Mullett
  • National Register reference number. 75002127 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

188 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 188 fires within 5 miles of U.S. Mint between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,172 acres in total. 45 started naturally. 5 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined57
Natural45
Recreation and ceremony33
Equipment and vehicle use11
Firearms and explosives use11
Fireworks6
Debris and open burning6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes3
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeBRUNSWICK
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeARROWHEAD
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeAMBROSE
8 September 2005Other causesunder an acreCarson City District OfficeTRAVEL
8 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeKOONTZ
8 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeMEXICAN
5 September 2017Naturalunder an acreTruckee Meadows Fire Protection DistrictPOLECAT
4 September 2019Natural5.3 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestJACKS

Every fire recorded in Carson City

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 53 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of U.S. Mint: 27 past producers, 12 occurrences, 9 prospects, 3 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Athens MineSilver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Brunswick Canyon PitStonePast Producer
Carson Black Lead MineGraphitePast Producer1903
Carson City Monazite-Bearing PlacerREE, Chromium, Gold, Iron, ZirconiumProspect
Carson MineGold, Silver, Lead, TungstenProspect
Crystal ClaimsSilver, Lead, Zinc, GoldPast Producer
Lucky Strike GroupUranium, Silver, GoldProspect
Mahogany Rock QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
May DayLead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
North CarsonCopper, Silver, LeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Carson City

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Virginia and Truckee Railroad Depot-Carson Cityunder 500 feet1998
Carson City Post Officeunder 500 feet1979
Orion Clemens House0.1 miles1979
West Side Historic District0.1 miles2011
Belknap House0.1 miles1997
Lew M. Meder House0.2 miles1978

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 75002127 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Carson CityAll 43 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.