Dolomite is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Inyo County,

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

. It is located on the

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south of New York Butte in the

Owens Valley Owens Valley (Mono language (California), Mono: ''Payahǖǖnadǖ'', meaning "place of flowing water") is an arid valley of the Owens River in eastern California in the United States. It is located to the east of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra ...

, at an elevation of 3674 feet (1120 m). 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. 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).Schneider, Jerry L. (2016). ''Western Filming Locations California Book 6''. CP Entertainment Books. Page 82. .

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Unincorporated communities in California Unincorporated communities in Inyo County, California Populated places in the Mojave Desert {{InyoCountyCA-geo-stub