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Scotts Crossing, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It lies in ZIP code area 79855. The Survey maps it on the Bass Canyon quadrangle.

Scotts Crossing within Hudspeth County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Scotts Crossing: 3 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper, Lead, Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper. 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
Plata Verde MineSilver, Copper, LeadPast Producer1934, 1943
Unnamed ProspectLead, Silver, Gold, CopperOccurrenceMalachite
Unnamed ProspectCopper, Silver, Gold, LeadOccurrenceMalachite
Unnamed ProspectCopper, Silver, Gold, LeadOccurrenceMalachite

Every working recorded in Hudspeth 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
Crusher9.3 miles12
Allamoore10.9 miles11
Eagle Flat16.8 miles11
Indian Hot Springs23.1 miles10
Old Patterson Place24.1 miles11
Arispe24.4 miles13
Sierra Blanca28.9 miles13
Etholen32.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380507. 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.