Crater was an

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. It is located in the

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northwest of Ubehebe Crater, at an elevation of 5305 feet (1617 m). 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. The site is a privately owned inholding surrounded by

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Description of Sulfur mining operations at Crater

References

{{authority control Populated places in the Mojave Desert Death Valley Unincorporated communities in California Unincorporated communities in Inyo County, California