BlockPoker Brown, Nevada
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Imlay census division. The Survey maps it on the Poker Brown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 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
- 1971 USGS Poker Brown quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Eugene Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Poker Brown: 9 past producers, 6 occurrences, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Antimony, Silver, Lead, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Homley | Antimony, Silver, Iron, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Bottomley Properties | Antimony, Iron, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Gold Prospect | Gold, Antimony, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Gold-Silver Prospect | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Gold-Silver Prospect | Gold, Silver, Antimony | Past Producer | ||
| Mbng Sample Site 2836 | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper, Arsenic | Prospect | ||
| Minus X Claims | Molybdenum | Prospect | ||
| NBMG Sample Site 2836 | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic, Antimony | Occurrence | ||
| NBMG Sample Site 2840 | Lead, Silver, Gold, Antimony, Arsenic, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| NBMG Sample Sites 2838, 2839 | Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Arsenic, Antimony | Occurrence | Galena, Gold, Stibnite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rye Patch | 9.2 miles | 16 | |
| Twain | 9.7 miles | 18 | |
| Humboldt House | 9.8 miles | 15 | |
| Humboldt | 10.1 miles | 15 | |
| Humboldt City | 11.5 miles | 18 | |
| Arabia | 12.0 miles | 16 | |
| Torreytown (historical) | 13.1 miles | 16 | |
| Star City (historical) | 14.8 miles | 18 |
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 Q122570685 | The 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 856107. 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.