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1987 Map of Diamond Field Jack Wash

Name: 1987 Topographic Map of Diamond Field Jack Wash
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1987
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1987

About this map

The Cocoon Mountains dominate this high-desert landscape in Churchill County, where mining activity and federal land use intersect in the late 1980s. The map reveals a history of resource extraction concentrated around the Cinnabar Hill Mine, surrounded by numerous Prospects, Shafts, and a specific Mine Shaft. These features suggest a period of intense geological exploration in the arid terrain north of the Barnett Hills.

Administrative boundaries carve through the desert, with the Naval Reservation and the Walker River Indian Reservation occupying significant portions of the quadrangle. The topography is defined by the namesake Diamond Field Jack Wash cutting through the center, while the western edge is marked by the distinct Blow Sand Mountains, illustrating the complex drainage and wind-formed patterns of this Nevada basin.