BlockGold Center, Nevada
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Beatty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89003. It lies near Dry Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Gold Center quadrangle.
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 Bullfrog quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Bullfrog 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
- 1986 USGS Beatty quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Gold Center quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Gold Center between 2011 and 2014, burning about 8 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | RHYOLITE |
| 27 August 2011 | Natural | 4.6 acres | Battle Mountain District Office | BULLFROG |
| 14 May 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.1 acres | Battle Mountain District Office | STAGECOACH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 86 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 86 workings within 5 miles of Gold Center: 34 past producers, 21 prospects, 19 occurrences, 12 producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balik Claim | Gold, Copper, Sulfur | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Barrick Bullfrog Gold Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper | Producer | volcanic-hosted disseminated | |
| Bond Gold Bullfrog Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Producer | 1989 | |
| Butler Prospect | Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Fluorite | |
| Bvc Claims | Gold, Mercury | Occurrence | Cinnabar | |
| Bvc Claims | Gold, Mercury | Prospect | ||
| Crowell Mine | Silica, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Calcium | Past Producer | 1918, 1919 | |
| Daisy Gold Mine | Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Mercury, Clay, Arsenic, Copper, Molybdenum, Thallium | Producer | 1918, 1919, 2001 | |
| Daisy Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Mercury, Uranium | Past Producer | 1906 | |
| Daisy Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Mercury, Clay | Producer | 1918, 1919 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beatty | 2.8 miles | 25 | |
| Bullfrog (historical) | 3.8 miles | 25 | |
| Fluorine (historical) | 3.9 miles | 25 | |
| Rhyolite | 4.1 miles | 25 | |
| Carrara (historical) | 5.5 miles | 24 | |
| Original (historical) | 6.4 miles | 24 | |
| Hot Springs | 7.9 miles | 25 | |
| Gold Bar (historical) | 8.2 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856036. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.