BlockButterfield City Number 3 Colonia, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the El Paso East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79938. The Survey maps it on the Helms West Well quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 17 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.
- 1896 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1908 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Heuco Tanks quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Heuco Tanks quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Heuco Tanks quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Helms West Well quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Helms West Well quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Helms West Well quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Butterfield City Number 3 Colonia: 3 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Limestone, Dimension, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hueco Pit | Limestone, Dimension, Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Paisano Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Jobe Quarry No. 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Paisano Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| R.O.H.K. Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | Carnotite | |
| Unnamed Prospects | Uranium | Occurrence | Carnotite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butterfield | 0.2 miles | 17 | |
| Butterfield City Number 1 Colonia | 0.2 miles | 17 | |
| Butterfield City Number 2 Colonia | 0.4 miles | 17 | |
| Butterfield City Number 4 Colonia | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Hueco Mountain Estates Number 9 Colonia | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Mountain Meadows Estates Colonia | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Montana Land Estates Colonia | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Paso View Colonia | 2.9 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010182. 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.