BlockFrom the record
One of 9 National Register listings published here for Inyo County · listed in 1980 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Death Valley Junction Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1908.
The listing
- Address. CA 127 and CA 190, Death Valley Junction
- When was it listed? December 1980
- Category. district
- Census division. Death Valley
- National Register reference number. 80000802 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Then and now
1908 to 1987The ground this property stands on, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Mines and quarries near this property
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Death Valley Junction Historic District: 2 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Boron-Borates, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ash Meadows (California) | Zeolites | Past Producer | ||
| Death Valley Junction Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Smith Prospect | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Tuff | Calcium | Occurrence | ||
| Boraxo Pit | Boron-Borates | Past Producer | ||
| North Eagle Mountain Prospects | Boron-Borates | Unknown |
Maps showing this location
13 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1908 USGS Furnace Creek quadrangle1:250000
- 1910 USGS Furnace Creek quadrangle1:250000 - 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Ash Meadows quadrangle1:62500 - 4 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
- 1986 USGS Death Valley Junction quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Death Valley Junction quadrangle1:24000
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80000802 in Record Group 79. |
| Inyo County | All 9 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.