1982 Map of Sleeping Beauty

About this map

The Cady Mountains dominate this Mojave Desert landscape, characterized by high-elevation peaks and industrial utility corridors. Surveyed in the mid-1970s and edited in the early 1980s, the map reveals a rugged terrain where mining operations like the Logan Mine and Black Butte Mine were established in isolated canyons. Distinctive geological markers such as Cady Peak and the evocative Sleeping Beauty formation overlook the southern flats where the Lava field at Pisgah begins to spread. The presence of an Underground Steel Tower Transmission Line and an Underground Gas Pipeline cutting through the southern portion of the quadrangle illustrates the area's role as a vital energy corridor, even as mineral extraction remained a primary human activity at sites like the Preston Mine and Paymaster Mine.