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Crater, California

Crater
Former mine
Crater is located in California
Crater
Crater
Location in California
Crater is located in the United States
Crater
Crater
Crater (the United States)
Coordinates: 37ยฐ12โ€ฒ58โ€ณN 117ยฐ41โ€ฒ14โ€ณW / 37.21611ยฐN 117.68722ยฐW / 37.21611; -117.68722
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyInyo County
Elevation5,305 ft (1,617 m)

Crater is a ghost town in Inyo County, California.[2] It is located in the Last Chance Range 19 miles (31 km) northwest of Ubehebe Crater,[3] at an elevation of 5305 feet (1617 m).[1]

Human activity at the site was primarily concerned with production of sulfur, which was discovered in 1917. Sulfur mining and ore milling operations occurred at Crater intermittently from 1917 through the late 1960s, with a population that peaked at 36. The buildings of the town have been torn down, but the mining equipment remains. The site is a privately owned inholding surrounded by Death Valley National Park.[2]


References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Crater, California
  2. ^ a b "Crater Sulfur Mine, Death Valley". BackcountryExplorers.com. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  3. ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1157. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
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