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1989 Map of Mount Grant

Name: 1989 Topographic Map of Mount Grant
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1989
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1989

About this map

Mount Grant stands as the literal and metaphorical high point of this 1989 study, overlooking the extensive industrial footprint of the Hawthorne Army Ammunition Plant. Situated within the Wassuk Range, the landscape is defined by its deep canyons and extensive mineral exploration history. The map's detail is particularly dense with mining activity, showing countless Prospects, an Adit, and several Mine Shafts scattered across the steep slopes.

In contrast to the heavy industry of the ammunition plant and the excavations of miners, pockets of natural terrain like Lapon Meadows and the headwaters of the North Fork and Middle Fork of Cat Creek suggest a complex water system. High-altitude crossings like Wheeler Pass and prominent summits such as Pike Peak provide orientation markers for a region heavily influenced by government use and private resource extraction during the late twentieth century.