Amargosa, Nevada
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pahrump census division. The Survey maps it on the Specter Range SW quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 24 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.
- 1908 USGS Furnace Creek quadrangle1:250000
- 1910 USGS Furnace Creek quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Skull Mountain quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Specter Range quadrangle1:62500, 3 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
- 1984 USGS Specter Range SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Beatty quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Amargosa (historical): 3 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Travertine. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample Site 1049 | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Travertine Deposit | Travertine | Prospect | ||
| Travertine Deposit | Travertine | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal | 5.4 miles | 21 | |
| Camp Desert Rock | 8.3 miles | 26 | |
| Labbe Camp | 9.8 miles | 21 | |
| Bowlerville (historical) | 10.1 miles | 21 | |
| Mercury | 10.7 miles | 20 | |
| Johnnie | 11.3 miles | 21 | |
| Stirling (historical) | 12.1 miles | 20 | |
| Amargosa Valley | 13.8 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 851814. 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.













