Tungstonia, Nevada

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Baker census division. It lies near Sims Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Blue Mass Canyon quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Tungstonia within White Pine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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.

1956 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1959 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Blue Mass Canyon quadrangle1:24000
1988 USGS Kern Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

6 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Tungstonia (historical) between 1994 and 2014, burning about 2,358 acres in total. 5 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
Natural	5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
9 August 1999	Natural	25 acres	Ely District Office	PLEASANT
5 August 1994	Natural	1,926 acres	Ely District Office	KERN
30 August 1998	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	RAY
30 July 2001	Natural	400 acres	Ely District Office	MALLORY
12 April 2014	Natural	7.0 acres	Ely District Office	NORMAN
30 November 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Ely District Office	PLEASANT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White Pine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Tungstonia (historical): 6 past producers, 5 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Lead, Tungsten, Silica, 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
Glenco Property	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc	Past Producer	1880
Glenco Property	Gold, Iron, Silver	Unknown
Pleasant Valley Prospects	Lead, Copper, Silver	Unknown
Red Hills Mine	Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Regan Tungsten Prospects	Tungsten, Bismuth, Fluorine-Fluorite	Unknown
Silica Claim	Tungsten, Silica	Occurrence	1956
Tungstonia Mine	Tungsten, Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite	Past Producer	Chalcopyrite, Huebnerite
Unnamed Prospects	Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite	Past Producer	Vein
Water Canyon Prospects	Iron, Lead	Occurrence
Granite Claims	Tungsten	Occurrence	Scheelite

Every working recorded in White Pine 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
Glencoe (historical)	2.3 miles	11
Parker (historical)	4.6 miles	11
Pleasant Valley (historical)	5.4 miles	11
Uvada (historical)	6.1 miles	11
Regan (historical)	8.8 miles	11
Tippett	17.6 miles	11
Muncy (historical)	21.0 miles	12
Stonehouse	21.7 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 854710. 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.