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1968 Map of Peacock Peak

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Peacock Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1980
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1980

About this map

The Peacock Mountains rise sharply from the Hualapai Valley in this late 1960s survey, updated with photorevised data through 1980. This arid landscape is defined by its verticality and the vital presence of water sources like Five Wells and Crescent Spring. The western flats are dominated by the industrial spine of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, which parallels a major highway corridor.

Mining history is etched into the eastern slopes, where several named operations are clustered. The presence of the Hackberry Mine, North Hackberry Mine, and Sunshine Mine suggests a period of intensive mineral prospecting near Peacock Peak. These workings, connected by a network of trails and jeep tracks, illustrate the localized extraction economy that once operated in this high-desert environment before more modern infrastructure like the south-running Pipeline was established.