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1959 Map of Mt. Perkins

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Mt. Perkins
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

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Black Mountains dominate the eastern half of this landscape, where a concentrated network of mining operations reveals the region's industrial heritage during the mid-20th century. Claims such as the Mohave Mine, Gold Bug Mine, and Mockingbird Mine are interspersed with tunnels and jeep trails, marking a high-desert economy built on extraction. To the west, the Colorado River flows through the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, serving as the border between Clark and Mohave counties.

Small settlements like Nelsons Landing and Capital Camp provide rare points of human habitation along the river's edge, while the interior is defined by deep washes such as Techatticup Wash and Eldorado Wash. The transition from the high peaks of Mt Perkins down into the Detrital Valley and Cottonwood Valley illustrates the topographic extremes of the Arizona-Nevada borderlands before modern development reshaped the river's accessibility.