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1952 Map of Guffy Peak

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Guffy Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1953
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

Copper Mountain dominates this landscape along the boundary of Hot Springs and Fremont counties, reflecting a period of active mineral exploration in the mid-20th century. The map documents several significant mining operations, including the Stardust Tungsten Mine and the Comet Tungsten Mine, along with a primary Copper Mine situated on the mountain's southern slopes. These industrial sites are interspersed with the infrastructure of high-desert ranching, where remote outposts like Quien Sabe Ranch and Meeks Ranch anchor the valleys.

Water sources are critical to these isolated operations, with drainage systems like Dry Creek and Hoodoo Creek carving through the terrain. The presence of several sites marked as abandoned, such as Guffy Ranch (Aband) and Westfall Ranch (Aband), suggests the challenges of maintaining permanent settlements in this environment during the early 1950s. The topography rises sharply to Guffy Peak in the north and descends toward the Bridger Basin in the east.