Query: G.N.I.S.

See also: Caruthers Canyon.

Elevation: 6138ft, 1871m.

Articles that refer to this location:

• Caruthers Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: at the Giant Ledge Mine; 
• Field Notes: 1981 desert studies; 
• Eastern Mojave Geology -- A Botanist's View: Giant Ledge Mine; 
• Botanists and Botanical Authors: George Carruthers; 
• Autecology of Desert Elkweed Frasera albomarginata S. Watson (Syn: Swertia a.) Gentianaceae in the American Southwest: in Caruthers Canyon;  169000;  174000;  175000; 

Literature Referring To This Location:

• Sharp, Maud Morrow. 1984. Maruba: Homesteading in the Lanfair Valley. Tales of the Mojave Road Number 10. Norco, California 91760: Tales of the Mojave Road Publishing Company, November 1984. {TAS}

Matt just below the Giant Ledge Mine.	Matt, et a., at the entrance to the Giant Ledge Mine.	The Giant Ledge, a prominent quartz dike.	Matt in the Giant Ledge Mine.	Giant Ledge Mine, Caruthers Canyon, New York Mountains.
Frasera albomarginata habitat in Caruthers Canyon.	Frasera albomarginata growing in granite.	Frasera albomarginata near the Giant Ledge Mine.

Species collected at or near this location.

This list summarizes plants collected or observed at this specific, named location. It does not include plants collected or observed at nearby named or unnamed locations. It may be more instructive to use the Area Lists that contain this location.

• TAS – The plant was collected by Tom Schweich.
• Oth – The plant was collected by someone, but not Tom.
• Obs – The plant was observed, but not collected.

Gentianaceae

Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. (TAS) CC:7

Saxifragaceae

Heuchera L. Coral Bells (TAS) CC:?

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Date and time this article was prepared:3:15:00 PM, 8/1/2026.