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2021 Map of Volcanic Hills West

Name: 2021 Topographic Map of Volcanic Hills West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2021
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2021

About this map

B&B Mine anchors the southwestern corner of this desert landscape, situated along the southern reaches of the White Mountains in Esmeralda County. Access to this site is traced through several specialized routes, including B&B Mine Road and the Mustang Canyn/B&B Mine road, which wind through the drainage of Mustang Canyon. This region is defined by its arid, high-altitude terrain, where the northern edge of the Inyo National Forest meets the open range.

Surface drainage is intermittent, marked by features such as Sand Spring Canyon and the winding course of Pinchot Cr. The map reveals a geologic environment dominated by the Volcanic Hills to the northeast and the prominent rise of Pinyon Hill at the center. Broad, arid basins like Wildhorse Flat suggest the expansive, unpopulated character of the Nevada-California borderlands during the early twenty-first century.