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1985 Map of Shenandoah Peak

Name: 1985 Topographic Map of Shenandoah Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

The Spring Mountains dominate the eastern landscape of this mid-1980s survey, overlooking a desert floor defined by the Mesquite Valley and the Von Schmidt Nevada-California Boundary. This region is a dense network of historic mining operations, showing a transition from the elevated peaks to the flatlands of Sandy Valley. Prospectors and mining historians can find the locations of numerous hard-rock sites, including the Keystone Mine, Oro-Amigo Mine, and the Smithsonite Mine.

Processing infrastructure is also evident at the Sandy Mill and Shenandoah Mill, which supported the extraction economy of this arid borderland. While the settlement at Keystone and the Ripley (Site) represent the human footprint, the map is primarily a record of industrial geology, tracing the paths of Kingston Road and Kirby Road as they connect disparate claims like the Whale Mine and Chiquita Mine.