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1985 Map of Goat Ranch Springs

Name: 1985 Topographic Map of Goat Ranch Springs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

Goat Ranch Springs serves as a lone focal point in this remote Nevada landscape, situated where the high peaks of the Quinn Canyon Range meet the expansive boundaries of the Humboldt National Forest. Published in the mid-1980s, the map documents a series of steep drainages including Sawmill Canyon, Water Canyon, and Quinn Canyon, many of which follow structural faults through the arid terrain.

Evidence of mineral exploration is scattered throughout the slopes, indicated by several labels for a Prospect or multiple Prospects. The cartography also captures the political boundary between Nye Co and Lincoln Co, though much of the interior is marked as an Indefinite Boundary. The drainage patterns, particularly in Dry Canyon and Little Water Canyon, reflect the erosional character of the Great Basin's high-altitude woodlands and desert canyons.