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Apollo, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Newberry Springs-Baker census division. The Survey maps it on the East of Goldstone quadrangle.

Apollo within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1933 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Apollo, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Apollo, surveyed 1933

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Apollo: 16 past producers, 5 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Semiprecious Gemstone. 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
Blue Quartz No. 1GemstoneProspect
Champion ClaimsLimestone, General, Semiprecious Gemstone, GoldOccurrence
Glory HoleSilver, Copper, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Paradise Mtns Tungsten DepositTungstenProspect
Reluctant QueenSemiprecious Gemstone, Copper, GoldPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectZincProspect
GoldstoneGold, LeadPast ProducerSurface/Underground
VictorGold, Silver, LeadPast Producer
MerrickGold, SilverPast ProducerGold
Merrick MineGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Mojave Base1.6 miles22
Goldstone3.7 miles22
Echo4.6 miles21
Mars5.8 miles20
Venus7.7 miles23
Fort Irwin11.4 miles22
Copper City16.5 miles21
Bismarck (historical)25.9 miles15

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q17141561The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1666880. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.