Mina is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mineral County in west-central Nevada, United States.

[2] Mina was founded as a railroad town in 1905 and was named for Ferminia Sarras, a large landowner and famed prospector known as the "Copper Queen".

The railroad is long gone – the last section between Thorne and Mina shut down in 1985 – but at one time a local shuttle called the "Slim Princess" allowed Native Americans to ride free of charge atop the railcars, and passengers and crew would shoot wild game from open windows.

Gee Jon and Hughie Sing were convicted of the August 27, 1921, murder in Mina of Tom Quong Kee.

This climate type occurs primarily on the periphery of true deserts in low-latitude semiarid steppe regions.