Agua Dulce Mountains
Agua Dulce Mountains | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,852 ft (869 m) |
Coordinates | 32°01′32″N 113°12′00″W / 32.02556°N 113.20000°W |
Dimensions | |
Length | 24 km (15 mi) |
Width | 14 km (8.7 mi) |
Area | 336 km2 (130 sq mi) |
Geography | |
Country | United States |
State | Arizona |
County | Pima |
Range coordinates | 32°03′20″N 113°08′44″W / 32.05556°N 113.14556°W[1] |
The Agua Dulce Mountains are a mountain range in the north-central
The name of the range has been in use for at least 100 years, though it has been called the "Sierra del Ojo" and the "Sonoyta Mountains" on some older maps. A map created by the
The range is home to a number of abandoned mines, most notably the Papago Mine and the Legal Tender Mine, which were worked in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Papago Well was drilled nearby during the same period to provide water to the mines.[5] Later the well was used to provide water to cattle that grazed in the area, and now the windmill pumps water to a guzzler for wildlife. The Davidson Canyon area and the associated bajada to the south of the range contain the northernmost populations of senita cactus (Pachycereus schottii). This columnar cactus is very common further south in Mexico, but in the United States it is restricted to small areas of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and this isolated population in the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge.
References
- ^ "Agua Dulce Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
- ^ "Agua Dulce Mountains". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. 1964. Agua Dulce Mts. Quadrangle, Arizona. 15-minute Series (Topographic). N3200-W113/15. Washington, D.C.
- ^ Broyles, Bill, Luke Evans, Richard Stephen Felger, and Gary Nabhan. 2007. Our Grand Desert: A Gazetteer for Northwestern Sonora, Southwestern Arizona, and Northeastern Baja California. In Dry Borders: Great Natural Reserves of the Sonoran Desert, Broyles, B. and R. Felger, editors. University of Utah Press.
- ^ Bryan, Kirk. 1925. The Papago Country, Arizona: A Geographic, Geologic, and Hydrologic Reconnaissance with a Guide to Desert Watering Places. Water Supply Paper No. 499. United States Geological Survey. Washington, D.C.