1976 Map of Cuddeback Lake

About this map

Yellow Aster Mine and the Monarch Rand Mine anchor the mining district near the Kern and San Bernardino county line, reflecting the enduring mineral heritage of the western Mojave Desert. This mid-1970s survey illustrates the complex landscape where industrial mining operations at Boron and the high-desert settlements of Randsburg and Johannesburg meet vast military tracts like the Naval Reservation and Edwards Air Force Base. The infrastructure of the region is defined by the Los Angeles Aqueduct cutting across the desert floor and the primary rail corridors of the Southern Pacific and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe. Numerous dry lake beds, including Cuddeback Lake and Koehn Lake, dominate the low-lying basins between the Rand Mountains and the El Paso Mountains.