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Acme, Nevada

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Mina census division. The Survey maps it on the Indian Head Peak quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Acme within Mineral County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Acme (historical): 7 past producers, 6 unknowns, 3 prospects, 3 occurrences. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Tungsten, Copper, Uranium, Thorium. 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
Garfield Hills TungstenMolybdenum, TungstenUnknown
Hartwick PropertyAntimonyUnknown
Holiday Uranium MineUranium, ThoriumProspect
Iron Crown ProspectIronPast Producer
Johns MinePumicePast Producer
Silver King MineGold, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Snow Ball ClaimsGraphiteOccurrenceMetamorphic
Windup MineTungsten, Copper, Molybdenum, Lead, Arsenic, BismuthPast Producer
Holida Uranium MineUranium, ThoriumPast Producer1955
Holiday UraniumUranium, ThoriumPast ProducerThorite

Every working recorded in Mineral 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
Kinkaid5.3 miles18
Copperfield (historical)5.4 miles18
Garfield (historical)6.0 miles19
Luning6.4 miles19
New Boston (historical)10.4 miles20
Midway12.8 miles18
Mina14.2 miles19
Camp Douglas14.6 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 847912. 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.