BlockRiley, New Mexico
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Magdalena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87825. It lies near Cañon del Tanque Hondo. The Survey maps it on the Riley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Riley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Magdalena quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Riley quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS Riley quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Riley: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Manganese, Iron, Barium-Barite, Iron, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown | Manganese, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Katherine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Romero | Iron, Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Black Mask Manganese Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | 1940, 1955 | |
| Romero | Manganese | Past Producer | 1952 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puertecito | 9.8 miles | 7 | |
| John Padilla Settlement | 13.0 miles | 7 | |
| Alamo | 15.2 miles | 8 | |
| Magdalena | 18.2 miles | 10 | |
| Alamillo | 18.8 miles | 9 | |
| San Geronimo | 19.2 miles | 10 | |
| San Acacia | 19.5 miles | 9 | |
| Chamizal | 20.2 miles | 13 |
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 Riley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q115433697 | 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 923658. 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.