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Mojave Desert Ghost Towns and Mining Sites
Late in the 19th century and early in the 20th century, settlers in the Mojave Desert were more concerned with mineral extraction than in maintaining permanent settlements. Several areas were settled and then abandoned and have remained unused. These ghost towns and mines provide sites to study vegetation recovery over periods of up to 100 years.

Griffiths, P., Hereford, R., and Webb, R.H., 2006, Sediment yield and runoff frequency of small drainage basins in the Mojave Desert, California and Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2006-3007, p. 4.

Hereford, R., Webb, R.H., and Longpré, C.I., 2004, Precipitation history of the Mojave Desert region, 1893–2001: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 117-03, 4 p.

Longpré, C.I., and Hereford, R.,1998, Climate History of the Mojave Desert Region, 1892-1996, including data from 48 long-term weather stations and an overview of regional climate variation.

Thomas, K.A., Franklin, J., Keeler-Wolf, T., and Stine, P., 2005, Central Mojave vegetation database: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2005-3098, 4 p.

Webb, R.H., Esque, T.C., Medica, P.A., DeFalco, L.A., and Murov, M.A., 2001, Monitoring of ecosystem dynamics in the Mojave Desert: the Beatley permanent data: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 040-01, 4 p.

U.S. Geological Survey, 2003, Recoverability and vulnerability of desert ecosystems: U.S. Fact Sheet 058-03, 4 p.

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