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Golden Arrow, Nevada

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Ralston Valley census division. The Survey maps it on the Stinking Spring quadrangle.

Golden Arrow within Nye County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Golden Arrow: 6 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper. 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
Farris PropertySilver, LeadPast Producer
Gold Bar GroupGold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerVein
Jeep GroupSilver, GoldPast Producer1946
Jeep GroupGold, SilverPast Producer1920
Golden Arrow GroupGold, Silver, ZincProducerGold
Golden Arrow PropertyGold, Silver, ZincProducer1905, 1950
Clifford Gold-Silver ProspectGold, SilverPast Producer
Gold Bar GroupGold, SilverPast Producer
Golden ArrowGold, SilverProspect
Goldfield Vector ExplorationGoldPlant

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
Bellehelen (historical)8.9 miles11
Silverbow9.7 miles16
Ellendale (historical)10.6 miles9
Eden (historical)10.6 miles16
Helena (historical)11.8 miles10
Volcano (historical)18.1 miles9
Warm Springs18.3 miles11
Hannapah (historical)18.7 miles9

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122569426The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856037. 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.