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1963 Map of Silver Peak

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Silver Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

The Silver Peak settlement serves as the anchor for this desert landscape, situated at the edge of the expansive Clayton Valley near Hot Spring and a series of Tailings Ponds. The industrial footprint of the early 1960s is evident in the remains of the Old Railroad Grade which snakes toward the former site of Blair, reflecting the era's mining and transport history. To the west, the Silver Peak Range rises sharply, featuring landmarks like Vanderbilt Peak and the Mary Mine.

The central terrain is defined by the Weepah Hills, where the settlement of Weepah is reached by a network of jeep trails. Geologic curiosities such as The Crater and The Monocline stand out against the desert floor, while isolated springs like Tarantula Spring and Coyote Spring provide critical water sources in an otherwise arid environment characterized by Big Smoky Valley and moving Sand Dunes.