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1969 Map of Copperopolis

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Copperopolis
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

Mining operations and remote desert encampments define this late-1960s landscape in Yavapai County. The terrain is centered around the rugged peaks of Sheep Mountain and the Buckhorn Mountains, where extraction sites like the Copperopolis Mine and McKinley Mine once drove local activity. The presence of the Lehman Mill and several smaller workings such as the Whidney Mine and Buckhorn Mine illustrate a network of industrial sites connected by primitive roads and a Jeep Trail.

Evidence of former habitation appears at Copperopolis and Briggs, alongside the lone landmark of The Rockhouse. The map documents a territory where survival depended on numerous scattered water sources, including Castle Rock Spring, Burnt Trough Spring, and Red Clay Spring. Steep drainages like Walker Gulch and French Creek cut through the high ground of Silver Mountain and Lehman Mtn, marking a landscape of significant elevation shifts and isolated ranching outposts like the Corral.