1971 Map of McCarthy Gulch
USGS Topo · Published 1974About this map
The Naval Shale Oil Reserve occupies the southern portion of this 1971 survey, marking a landscape defined by industrial interest in the energy resources of the Piceance Basin. This high-country drainage network, situated along the Rio Blanco Co Garfield Co line, is carved by deep canyons including McCarthy Gulch and Litchliter Gulch. The terrain is characterized by numerous prospect sites and scattered drill holes, indicating the systematic exploration of the region’s geology during the early 1970s.
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