BlockBefore

Papalote Colorado, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Presidio census division. The Survey maps it on the Agua Adentro Mountain quadrangle.

Papalote Colorado within Presidio County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Papalote Colorado: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mills ProspectUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Presidio 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Papalote Escondido1.4 miles16
Papalote Llano5.5 miles16
Papalote Seco6.2 miles16
Redford9.7 miles11
Polvo10.3 miles11
Loma Pelona15.6 miles13
Fort Leaton (historical)16.6 miles13
Casa Piedra17.1 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378833. 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.