Dolomite, California

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Coordinates: 36°33′11″N 117°56′43″W / 36.55306°N 117.94528°W / 36.55306; -117.94528
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Dolomite
Unincorporated community
Dolomite is located in California
Dolomite
Dolomite
Location in California
Dolomite is located in the United States
Dolomite
Dolomite
Dolomite (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°33′11″N 117°56′43″W / 36.55306°N 117.94528°W / 36.55306; -117.94528
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyInyo County
Elevation
[1]
3,674 ft (1,120 m)

Dolomite is an

Southern Pacific Railroad 6.5 miles (10.5 km) south of New York Butte in the Owens Valley,[2] at an elevation of 3674 feet (1120 m).[1]

Originally, in 1883, a siding on the

Carson and Colorado Railroad, the town developed in 1885, when the Inyo Marble Company opened a quarry at the site.[2]

A number of Western films have been shot in Dolomite, including Sinister Journey (1948), From Hell to Texas (1958), Hell Bent for Leather (1960), An Eye For An Eye (1966), Nevada Smith (1966) and Waterhole No. 3 (1967).[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dolomite, California
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    ISBN 1-884995-14-4
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  3. ISBN 9780692722947
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