BlockTonopah Junction, Nevada
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Mina census division. The Survey maps it on the Sodaville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1909 USGS Hawthorne quadrangle1:250000
- 1911 USGS Hawthorne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1915 USGS Hawthorne quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Sodaville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Excelsior Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Tonopah Junction: 7 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Tungsten, Sodium, Boron-Borates, Halite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Peters Group | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| General Tungsten Corporation | Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Kernick Mine | Gold, Antimony | Prospect | Vein | |
| Rhodes Marsh | Sodium, Boron-Borates, Halite | Past Producer | 1862, 1916 | |
| Rhodes Salt Marsh | Boron-Borates, Sodium | Past Producer | ||
| Sodaville Bentonite Deposit | Bentonite | Past Producer | ||
| Nw Section 4 Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Sw Section 9 Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Rhodes Marsh | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Sericitic Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhodes (historical) | 1.0 miles | 19 | |
| Sodaville | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Belleville (historical) | 5.4 miles | 20 | |
| Candelaria (historical) | 7.3 miles | 19 | |
| Camp Douglas | 7.5 miles | 19 | |
| Candelaria Junction | 7.6 miles | 20 | |
| Metallic City (historical) | 7.9 miles | 19 | |
| Mina | 8.7 miles | 19 |
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 Q122553153 | 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 856153. 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.