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1987 Map of La Sal East

Name: 1987 Topographic Map of La Sal East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1987
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1987

About this map

La Sal and its predecessor, Old La Sal, anchor this high-desert landscape within the Manti-La Sal National Forest during the late 1980s. The region's industrial character is defined by the presence of the Snowball Mine and La Sal Mine, located near the base of the prominent Pine Ridge. The map illustrates a network of rugged resource extraction and travel, including a Landing Strip and various water sources such as Coyote Spring and Deer Spring that were vital in this arid terrain.

Watercourses like La Sal Creek and East Coyote Wash carve through the topography, while a historic Pack Trail winds through the southeastern portion of the quadrangle. This survey serves as a record of the southeastern Utah mining and ranching economy before modern developments, showing the spatial relationship between original settlements and the active uranium and vanadium mining sites of the era.