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Salt Lake, New Mexico

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Quemado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87829. The Survey maps it on the Zuni Salt Lake quadrangle.

Salt Lake within Catron County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Salt Lake: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Halite, Volcanic Materials, Salt. 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
Name Unknown Scoria DepositVolcanic MaterialsOccurrenceScoria
Zuni Salt LakeHaliteProducerHalite
Zuni Salt LakeSaltProducer

Every working recorded in Catron 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
Quemado16.4 miles10
Red Hill17.1 miles11
Omega22.8 miles10
Mangas31.4 miles10
Spur Lake32.3 miles14
Pie Town35.3 miles11
Tres Lagunas36.1 miles10
Lehew38.9 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 923673. 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.