Mazuma, Nevada

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Imlay census division. It lies near Seven Troughs Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Seven Troughs quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Mazuma within Pershing County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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.

1931 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000
1935 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1955 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1959 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Seven Troughs quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

3 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Mazuma (historical) between 2006 and 2015, burning about 1,267 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Natural	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
5 July 2015	Natural	14 acres	Winnemucca District Office	STONEHOUSE
23 June 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1,253 acres	Winnemucca District Office	PORTER
11 October 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	STONEHOUSE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pershing County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 62 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 62 workings within 5 miles of Mazuma (historical): 31 past producers, 14 occurrences, 13 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Gold, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Devaney Property	Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite	Past Producer	Gold
Juniper/Love Mountain Prospect	Uranium, Gold	Prospect
Kindergarten and Wihuja Mines	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc	Past Producer	1905, 1907
Mazuma Hills Group	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	Past Producer
Mazuma Hills Mine	Gold, Silver, Lead, Antimony, Copper	Past Producer	1905, 1907
NBMG Sample Site 2823	Tungsten, Gold	Occurrence	Scheelite
Portland	Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver	Past Producer
Portland Mine	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	Magmatic, Breccia-Filling
Seven Troughs	Gold, Silver, Lead, Anthracite	Past Producer
Snow Squall Mine	Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite	Prospect	Fluorite, Gold

Every working recorded in Pershing 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Tunnel Camp (historical)	0.9 miles	13
Vernon (historical)	2.4 miles	13
Seven Troughs (historical)	2.9 miles	13
Farrell (historical)	5.1 miles	14
Placerites	15.7 miles	14
Clarksville (historical)	17.4 miles	16
Poker Brown	19.0 miles	14
Arabia	20.7 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 850474. 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.