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1981 Map of Juniper Pass

Name: 1981 Topographic Map of Juniper Pass
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

Bluewing Mountains and the Sahwave Mountains define this high-desert corridor in Pershing County, where the topography transitions between Kumiva Valley and the Granite Springs Valley. Mapping in the early 1980s reveals a landscape reliant on scattered water sources like Juniper Spring, North Cottonwood Spring, and Cottonwood Spring.

Evidence of human activity is sparse but specific, concentrated at Juniper Pass and around the northern reaches of the Sahwave range. A marked Prospect and several Borrow Pit locations suggest exploratory mining and road maintenance in this isolated terrain. The reliance on 4wd tracks underscores the primitive nature of transit through these basins before more modern developments altered the region's character.