BlockPritchards Station, Nevada
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Duckwater census division. The Survey maps it on the Pritchards Station quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1956 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Pritchards Station quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS Pritchards Station quadrangle1:62500
- 1978 USGS Mount Jefferson quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pritchards Station: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Antimony, Silver, Selenium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Titus Prospect | Antimony, Silver, Selenium | Occurrence | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morey | 8.8 miles | 10 | |
| Antelope (historical) | 16.0 miles | 10 | |
| Lauville (historical) | 18.1 miles | 8 | |
| Danville (historical) | 18.2 miles | 8 | |
| Stargo (historical) | 20.1 miles | 11 | |
| Upper Town (historical) | 20.3 miles | 11 | |
| Lower Town (historical) | 20.3 miles | 11 | |
| Keystone (historical) | 25.4 miles | 11 |
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 Q122559598 | 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 857484. 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.