Mina Nevada Map

About Mina, Nevada

Mina is a locality in Mineral County, Nevada, United States. It is a small community with a population of 127. The population density is 20.4 people per km². Mina is located at 38.3905°N, 118.1087°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 89422.

Mina occupies a stark, sun-bleached expanse where the desert floor stretches toward the horizon in shades of pale ochre and dusty gray. It lies 94.6 miles east-southeast of Gardnerville Ranchos, NV (from Gardnerville Ranchos, NV: bearing 111°T), and is situated 29.4 miles east-southeast of Hawthorne. The air here is thin and dry, carrying the faint, sharp scent of parched sagebrush that clings to the gravel flats surrounding the settlement. To the east, the silhouette of Llama Mountain rises with geometric austerity, its rocky slopes catching the harsh, flat light of midday before deepening into long, bruised shadows as the sun retreats. Beyond the immediate reach of the dwellings, the terrain fractures into the rugged, shadowed depths of Douglas Canyon, where the earth seems to hold onto the cooling silence of the high desert long after the heat of the day has dissipated.

Mina persists as a quiet relic of the iron rails, born from the ambition of the early mining era when the promise of ore dictated the rhythm of human migration. While the clamor of the boom years has faded into a stillness that defines the current pace of existence, the local economy remains tied to the hard, unyielding character of the land and the transit of goods across the lonely stretches of the Great Basin. Life in Mina moves with the deliberate, measured cadence of a place that has learned to wait, far removed from the bustle of the state’s more fertile, neon-lit hollows. Occasionally, the wind brings a whisper of the distant past, echoing the industry that once thrived fifteen miles away toward the Gabbs Valley Range Wilderness Study Area or near the hidden, seasonal moisture of Finger Rock Wash, leaving the landscape to settle into a profound and enduring solitude.

About This Mina Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mina, Nevada. Coordinates: 38.390481, -118.10873. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Mina includes the ZIP code (89422), telephone area code (775), county seat of Mineral County (Hawthorne), and school district assignment (Mineral County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.