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1987 Map of Fry Spring

Name: 1987 Topographic Map of Fry Spring
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1987
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1987

About this map

Wingate Mesa and the surrounding high desert of San Juan County dominate this late-twentieth-century landscape, revealing a topography defined by erosion and mineral exploration. This 1987 survey documents a network of mining activity, indicated by numerous Prospect and Adit labels scattered across the drainage basins of North Fork Red Canyon and South Fork Red Canyon. These marks suggest a period of active geological investigation or small-scale mining ventures common to this part of the Colorado Plateau.

The eastern edge of the map features the striking geological formations of the Tables of the Sun and the Red House Cliffs, providing clear evidence of the region's dramatic vertical relief. Water sources remain critical and scarce in this environment, with Fry Spring and its associated Fry Spring Canyon serving as primary landmarks for orientation in an otherwise arid and labyrinthine terrain of deep washes and narrow passes like Bullseye Canyon.