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1990 Map of Bottle Creek Ranch

Name: 1990 Topographic Map of Bottle Creek Ranch
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1990
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1990

About this map

Mining operations and remote desert outposts define this high-altitude landscape in Humboldt County during the late 20th century. Concentrated around White Peaks and Halburg Mtn, the map reveals a dense network of extraction sites, including the White Peaks Mine, Baldwin Mine, and the McAdoo Mine, alongside Numerous Prospects and Mine Shafts. These labels trace the industrial effort to pull minerals from the steep canyons of the northern Nevada range.

At lower elevations, the transition to the Desert Valley is marked by the isolated Bottle Creek Ranch. Water remains the most critical resource for both livestock and mining, evidenced by named sources like Cricket Spring, Howison Spring, and Burro Bills Spring. The hydrology of the area is dominated by the seasonal flow of Bottle Creek and its tributaries, such as the Big South Fork Bottle Creek, which carve deep into the rugged terrain.