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1988 Map of Mineral Canyon

Name: 1988 Topographic Map of Mineral Canyon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1988
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1988

About this map

The Green River carves a serpentine path through this 1988 survey, defining the intersection of Grand, Emery, and San Juan counties. The landscape is dominated by massive elevated plateaus, including Deadman Point, Mineral Point, and Horsethief Point, which loom over the deep incisions of Mineral Canyon and Roaring Hell Canyon. Along the river banks, low-lying areas such as Mineral Bottom, Tidwell Bottom, and Spring Canyon Bottom provide rare points of access to the water's edge.

Land use in the late 1980s is characterized by primitive transport and resource extraction, evidenced by various 4wd routes and scattered Prospect labels. The map captures a portion of Canyonlands Nat Park and the dramatic geological feature of Bowknot Bend, where the river nearly loops back on itself. Significant landmarks like Horsethief Spring and the Labyrinth Canyon shoreline document the navigation and survival points of this desert environment.