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1996 Map of Turquoise Mountain

Name: 1996 Topographic Map of Turquoise Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2003
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2003

About this map

Turquoise Mountain rises as the centerpiece of this Arizona landscape, surrounded by an extensive network of mineral extraction sites recorded during the 1970s and 1990s. The terrain is marked by dozens of prospects, mine shafts, and several adits, particularly concentrated around the slopes of Browns Peak and Mexican Hat Mountain. This concentration of labels suggests a history of intensive small-scale prospecting and mining development in the Dragoon Mountains region.

Evidence of historical infrastructure includes a long Old Railroad Grade cutting across the northeastern flats, providing a clear path for tracing the former movement of ore or supplies. For genealogists and local historians, the presence of a small Cem and several survey control points like Uslm 1319 and Usmm 2 offer specific physical anchors in a landscape otherwise defined by drainage patterns like Dead Mexican Canyon and isolated wells.