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1986 Map of Harris Hill

Name: 1986 Topographic Map of Harris Hill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1987
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1987

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Death Valley National Monument encompasses the high-altitude desert terrain of this 1980s survey, dominated by the peaks of the Cottonwood Mountains and Hunter Mountain. The landscape is a network of arid drainages including Shorty Harris Canyon, Marble Canyon, and Dead Horse Canyon, where vital water sources like Goldbelt Spring and Hunter Spring are precisely located.

Evidence of historical resource extraction is visible throughout the quadrangle, with numerous mining sites etched into the slopes. Significant operations such as the Keeler Mine, Quackenbush Mine, and a large Open Pit Mine are documented alongside numerous unnamed prospects. Access to these remote elevations is limited to primitive 4wd tracks, illustrating the isolation of this corner of Inyo County during the late twentieth century.