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1962 Map of Powderhorn

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Powderhorn
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

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Huntsman Mesa dominates the central landscape of this Colorado high-country survey, flanked by a network of drainage gulches and mining prospects. The small settlement of Powderhorn and the Powderhorn PO serve as local landmarks near the thermal waters of Cebolla Hot Springs. The terrain is marked by a history of extraction, evidenced by Ironcap Mine, numerous prospects, and mine dumps scattered near Vulcan and Spencer.

Agricultural and residential life is concentrated along the creek bottoms, where the Youmans Ranch and Howard Ranch appear alongside a solitary Cem. The presence of several Jeep Trails and unnamed roads connecting Deldorado and Midway suggests a landscape defined by seasonal access and the legacy of early twentieth-century mining camps. Water management is visible at Soderquist Reservoir, fed by Willow Creek as it flows toward Cebolla Creek.