BlockPanamint Springs, California
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Death Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92328. It stands on Darwin Wash. The Survey maps it on the Panamint Springs quadrangle. It stands 1,926 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1908 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 78 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
13 surveys from 25 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
- 1951 USGS Panamint Butte quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 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
- 1986 USGS Panamint Springs quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Panamint Springs: 7 past producers, 5 prospects, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borrow Pit MS 242 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Brown Mud Co. Prospect | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Colorado | Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper | Producer | ||
| D and M Lead-Silver Property | Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Empress | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Empress | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Golden Nugget Prospect | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Red Dog Mine | Lead, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Surprise | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Wynog Prospect | Lead, Copper | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lookout City (historical) | 6.7 miles | 26 | |
| Lane Mill (historical) | 6.8 miles | 27 | |
| Darwin | 8.2 miles | 27 | |
| Skidoo (historical) | 18.2 miles | 28 | |
| Junction Ranch | 18.5 miles | 25 | |
| Harrisburg | 19.0 miles | 29 | |
| Millspaugh | 20.3 miles | 25 | |
| Millspaugh (historical) | 20.3 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.
| Wikipedia article on Panamint Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3477834 | 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 1661186. 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.