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1957 Map of Moquino

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Moquino
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

The Laguna Indian Reservation and the large Spanish land grants of Cebolleta Grant and Paguate Purchase Grant define this mid-century landscape. The map captures a significant period of industrial development in the region, most notably the operations at the Jackpile Mine, St Anthony Mine, and Woodrow Mine. These sites, along with extensive Tailings along the Rio Paguate, illustrate the scale of open-pit mining that reshaped the terrain south of the mesas.

Settlement is concentrated at Moquino and Paguate, while higher elevations like Mesa Chivato and Lobo Mountain remain largely undeveloped except for an Airstrip near Lobo Camp. Ancient presence is acknowledged by several marked Ruins located near Meyer Draw and Bohari Creek, providing a stark contrast to the modern industrial footprints and utility corridors that began to cross the valley floor by the late 1950s.