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Old Bullion, Nevada

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Carlin census division. The Survey maps it on the Bullion quadrangle.

Old Bullion within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

Fires near this place

21 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Old Bullion between 1992 and 2019, burning about 320 acres in total. 19 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
Natural19
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 August 2012Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeCOYOTE
4 August 1999Natural50 acresElko District OfficeWEBB
23 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use35 acresElko District OfficeCRANE
13 August 2001Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeCEDAR 5
12 August 2001Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeCEDAR 1
12 August 2001Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeCEDARTHREE
1 August 2018Natural5.8 acresElko District OfficeCHERRY
1 August 1992Natural3.5 acresElko District OfficeROBINSON 6

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 73 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 73 workings within 5 miles of Old Bullion: 51 past producers, 16 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Lead, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Aladdin GroupCopper, Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, TungstenPast Producer1875
Aladdin MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Barium-Barite, ZincPast Producer1869, 1870
Bunker HillCalciumPast Producer
Copper Bell MineLead, Copper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Delmas MineCopper, Silver, Lead, Gold, ZincPast Producer1906
Grey EagleCopper, Zinc, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Holloysite DepositClayOccurrence
HumboldtLead, Silver, CopperOccurrence1872
Iron ProspectIronPast Producer
LeeCopper, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer1869, 1871

Every working recorded in Elko 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
Bullion0.9 miles13
Highland (historical)1.4 miles13
Cottonwood (historical)9.3 miles13
Tonka12.8 miles15
Tyrol13.5 miles13
Vivian13.8 miles15
Carlin14.0 miles15
Moleen14.4 miles13

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 Q122565183The 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 847486. 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.