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1989 Map of Kirkwood Spring

Name: 1989 Topographic Map of Kirkwood Spring
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1989
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1989

About this map

Kirkwood Spring and the surrounding high desert of the Mono Valley anchor this 1980s topographical survey of the California-Nevada border. The landscape is heavily marked by industrial activity, particularly near the northwestern corner where Bodie Creek passes multiple prospects, mine shafts, and a tailings pond. These labels suggest a legacy of hard-rock extraction and processing, reinforced by the presence of a limekiln and waste dump further south.

Transportation through this arid basin followed the Old Railroad Grade, which winds across the valley floor and through the foothills of the Brawley Peaks. The geography is defined by significant elevation changes, from the deep Trench Canyon to shifting sand dunes near the Mineral County line. This document records the intersection of geological formations and the physical scars left by late 19th and early 20th-century resource extraction.