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Scheelite, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Bishop census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93514. It stands on Gable Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mount Morgan quadrangle. It stands 6,929 feet above sea level.

Scheelite within Inyo County

Then and now

1912 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Scheelite, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Scheelite, surveyed 1912

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 34 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.

Fires near this place

49 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Scheelite between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,071 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 1 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
Natural25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
25 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreInyo National ForestPLAYER
23 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined32 acresInyo National ForestMUDD
23 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresSan Bernardino UnitMUD
23 September 1994Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictROVANA
23 September 1994Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitROVANNA
18 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreInyo National ForestPIE
17 September 1992Naturalunder an acreInyo National Forestnot named
13 September 1998Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestSCHEELITE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Inyo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Scheelite: 14 past producers, 13 occurrences, 2 producers, 2 plants. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Silver, Copper, Molybdenum, Gold. 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
Adamson MineTungsten, Copper, Molybdenum, Gold, SilverPlant1939, 1942
BrownstoneTungsten, MolybdenumOccurrenceScheelite
Lucky Bill MineGold, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold, Sphalerite
Lucky Bill MineGold, Copper, ZincProspect
Mistery ClaimSilver, CopperOccurrence
Mount Tom Talc MineTalc-SoapstonePast Producer
Pine CreekTungsten, Copper, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, BismuthProducer1916, 1918
Pine Creek Apt PlantTungsten, RefineryProducer
Pine Creek Tungsten Mine & MillTungsten, Copper, Molybdenum, Silver, GoldPlant1916, 1925
Coldwater Canyon Nos. 1 and 2SilverOccurrence

Every working recorded in Inyo 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
Rovana4.0 miles33
Round Valley5.5 miles33
Alta Vista7.5 miles33
Rocking K10.4 miles26
Aspendell10.5 miles34
Oteys Sierra Village11.6 miles26
West Bishop11.8 miles26
Brockmans Corner13.0 miles26

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 ScheeliteAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7431069The 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 265908. 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.