Cargo Muchacho Mountains

Cargo Muchacho Mountains
Mountain Range
Cargo Muchacho Mountains and the Algodones Dunes from space. The mountain range is in the upper portion of the image, beneath the clouds (dunefield: ~13 x 65 mi)
Country	United States
State	California
District	Imperial County
Landmark	Pilot Knob
River	Colorado River
Coordinates	32°52′5.159″N 114°46′48.854″W
Highest point	Pilot Knob
- elevation	252 m (827 ft)
Timezone	Pacific (UTC-8)
- summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
Topo map	USGS Ogilby
location of Cargo Muchacho Mountains in California

The Cargo Muchacho Mountains are located in the southeast Colorado Desert in the Lower Colorado River Valley, in Imperial County, California in the United States.

Geography

The range lies in a northwest-southeasterly direction, southeast of the Imperial Valley and northwest of the Colorado River and Yuma, AZ–Winterhaven, CA. The range lies south and southeast of the Chocolate Mountains and east of the Algodones Dunes. Pilot Knob is a volcanic plug formed landmark peak in the range's south.

The mountains are home to the American Girl Mine, and the Golden Bee and Cargo mines. The All American Canal passes through the south of the range.

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  Cargo Muchacho Mountains;
  All American Canal;
  agriculture fields in the "Gila Valley", Yuma, Arizona;
  Pilot Knob landmark at south of the Cargo Muchacho's-(12mi south of range center)

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References

• Allan, Stuart (2005). California Road and Recreation Atlas. Benchmark Maps. p. 119. ISBN 0-929591-80-1.