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2014 Map of Potosi Peak

Name: 2014 Topographic Map of Potosi Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2014
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2014

About this map

Potosi Peak and the high alpine terrain of the Tobacco Root Mountains dominate this high-altitude survey within the Beaverhead National Forest. The landscape is defined by its complex glacial topography, featuring a high concentration of cirque lakes such as Branham Lakes, Upper Sureshot Lake, and Albro Lake. These water bodies feed the branching headwaters of South Willow Creek and North Meadow Creek, which carve deep drainages through the steep ridgelines of Sureshot Ridge and Table Mountain Ridge.

Industrial activity and human access are localized along the canyon floors and high slopes, evidenced by the New Deal Mine near Mine Lake and a network of forest routes including South Willow Creek Road and Potosi Road. Peaks like Mt Bradley and Lady of the Lake Peak mark the primary summits of this section of the Madison County range, illustrating a wilderness shaped by both geological forces and early 21st-century conservation management.