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1968 Map of Marys River Basin NW

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Marys River Basin NW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

The Humboldt National Forest of northeastern Nevada is defined by a complex network of high-elevation drainages and mining history. This remote area, mapped in the late 1960s, is anchored by the Marys River and the high headwaters of Copper Creek. The presence of the Prunty Mine and Slattery Mine in the northwest corner suggests the localized prospecting efforts that persisted in Elko County long after the initial booms.

Logistics across this terrain relied on a sparse network of a Jeep Trail and a Pack Trail, emphasizing the area's isolation. Significant natural depressions and grazing lands like Copper Basin and Seventysix Pasture dominate the central landscape. The eastern edge of the sheet transition into the Jarbidge Wilderness, where the terrain steepens into deep cuts like Miles Canyon and the Little Reservoir Basin.