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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.

Amargosa within Nye County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 24 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Sample Site 1049GoldOccurrence
Travertine DepositTravertineProspect
Travertine DepositTravertineProspect
Unnamed ProspectGoldProspect

Every working recorded in Nye 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
Crystal5.4 miles21
Camp Desert Rock8.3 miles26
Labbe Camp9.8 miles21
Bowlerville (historical)10.1 miles21
Mercury10.7 miles20
Johnnie11.3 miles21
Stirling (historical)12.1 miles20
Amargosa Valley13.8 miles25

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.