Land Use Data for Latitude 36.25 Longitude -116.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Death Valley National Park |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralismSparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
DesertsLivestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Growing Period (days)
1 to 29Soil Types
LuvisolsTerrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
02 to 10
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
2 to 55 to 10
Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| Pumice | |
| Boron-Borates | |
| Zeolites | |
| Copper | |
| (Surface-Underground) | Clay |
| Bentonite Placer Prospect (Surface) | Bentonite |
| Bethome Shaft No. 2 (Underground) | Copper |
| Billie Mine | Boron-Borates |
| Blanco Prospect (Surface-Underground) | Clay |
| Borate A, B, C Group | Boron-Borates |
| Borate Occurrence | Boron-Borates |
| Borate Occurrences | Boron-Borates |
| Borate Prospect | Boron-Borates |
| Borate Prospects | Boron-Borates |
| Butte Furnace Range Shaft (Underground) | Copper |
| Canyon Portal Prospect | Gold |
| Copper Bar | Copper |
| Copper Blue Consolidated | Copper |
| Copper Glance | Copper |
| Copper Matte Consolidated | Copper |
| Copper Oxide | Copper |
| Corkscrew | Boron-Borates |
| Death Valley Junction Pit (Surface) | Sand and Gravel, Construction |
| Dunn Deposit (Underground) | Fluorine-Fluorite |
| East Coleman | Boron-Borates |
| Echo Gilt Edge (Underground) | Gold |
| Free and Easy | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver |
| Furnace Creek | Copper |
| Furnace Creek Copper Co. Shaft (Underground) | Copper |
| Furnace Range Copper Co. Shaft (Underground) | Gold |
| Gold Hill | Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper |
| Golden Eagle Group | Gold, Silver, Copper |
| Golden Eagle Group (Underground) | Gold, Copper, Silver |
| Gower Gulch | Boron-Borates |
| Green Gremlin Prospect | Copper |
| Greenwater Canyon | Pumice, Zeolites |
| Greenwater Copper Co. Shaft (Underground) | Copper |
| Hidden Spring Prospect | Copper |
| Inyo | Boron-Borates |
| Inyo Gold Mine (Underground) | Gold, Iron, Manganese |
| Kaolin Mine (Underground) | Kaolin |
| Kingfish No. 1 Prospect (Underground) | Clay |
| Kingfish No. 2 Prospect (Underground) | Clay |
| Lower Biddy Mccarthy Mine | Boron-Borates |
| Maria | Boron-Borates |
| Materials Site #266 (Surface) | Sand and Gravel, Construction |
| O'Brien Canyon (Underground) | Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper |
| Pearl No. 1 (Underground) | Boron-Borates |
| Red Ampitheater (Surface) | Clay, Stone, Dimension |
| Red Ampitheater Mineralized Zone (Surface) | Strontium, Boron-Borates, Lithium |
| Southeast Mineralized Zone (Surface) | Clay |
| Speculator | Copper |
| Timmy Deposit (Surface) | Talc-Soapstone |
| U. S. Borax Cone Hill Claims | Boron-Borates |
| Upper Greenwater Canyon | Pumice |
| Widow No. 3 Mine (Underground) | Boron-Borates |
| Yellow Heart Prospect (Surface) | Clay |
Agricultural use data provided by LADA, 2008. "Mapping Land Use Systems at global and regional scales for Land Degradation Assessment Analysis. Version 1.0" Nachtergaele F. & Petri M.
Mineral extraction data provided by USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), downloaded June 2, 2010.
