BlockLane Mill, California
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Lone Pine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93522. It lies near Ophir Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Darwin quadrangle. It stands 4,363 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1908 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1908 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 27 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1908 USGS Ballarat quadrangle1:250000
- 1913 USGS Ballarat quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1948 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Darwin quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Darwin quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Darwin Hills quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Darwin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Lane Mill (historical) in 2013, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None was 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/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | DARWIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 82 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 82 workings within 5 miles of Lane Mill (historical): 39 past producers, 20 prospects, 13 occurrences, 8 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Tungsten, Copper, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christmas Gift | Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Christmas Gift | Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Coso | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Darwin & Other Mines | Zinc, Tungsten, Bismuth, Lead, Silver | Producer | Bismuth, Bismuthinite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite | |
| Darwin Antimony Mine | Antimony | Past Producer | ||
| Darwin District | Tungsten, Silver, Lead | Producer | SKARN | |
| Darwin Group | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Tungsten, Copper | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Darwin Mine | Lead, Vanadium, Zinc, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Darwin Mines | Tungsten, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | 1874 | |
| Defiance | Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Tungsten | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darwin | 1.5 miles | 27 | |
| Panamint Springs | 6.8 miles | 25 | |
| Lookout City (historical) | 7.6 miles | 26 | |
| Junction Ranch | 14.7 miles | 25 | |
| Millspaugh | 17.3 miles | 25 | |
| Millspaugh (historical) | 17.3 miles | 25 | |
| Keeler | 21.4 miles | 27 | |
| Reilly (historical) | 21.8 miles | 25 |
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 Q6485426 | The 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 1656559. 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.
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.