CHOCOLATE MOUNTAINS GUNNERY RANGE

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Chocolate Mountain Impact Area (R-2507)

  • :: :: :: :: :: Military Related Facilities Units Official Homepage Chocolate Mountain Impact Area (R-2507) The Yuma Training Range Complex [YTRC] is a military aviation training facility composed of airspace and lands located in southwestern Arizona and southeastern California.
  • . The YTRC includes the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Bombing and Gunnery Range.
  • . The Chocolate Mountain Impact Area is an unnattended/non-instrumented ordnance range located approximately 60 NMI northwest of the MCAS Yuma TACAN, Channel 84.
  • . The Inert Line (also referred to as the Blue Line - a reference to the color of most inert ordnance) is the plotted line, approximately bisecting the R2507 North portion of the Chocolate Mountain Range, which approximately follows the Chocolate Mountain ridge line.



    Chocolate Mountain.. The DiFi - Davi$ & more connection - The Great Gold Heist
  • . One of the bases will be the Chocolate Mountain gunnery range.
  • . Unbeknownst to the public, inside the range is the world's richest gold rift zone.
  • . To the north is the Chocolate Mountain gunnery range.
  • . The Mesquite open pit gold mine literally stops at the fence that borders the gunnery range.
  • . According to mining engineers who work at the Mesquite mine, the main gold ore body is north of the fence inside the gunnery range.
  • . Engineers allege that in 1981 and 1982, Consolidated Goldfields , which owned the mine at the time, illegally drilled into the gunnery range area to determine the composition of the ore body.
  • . According to Donald Fife (spokesman for the National Association of Mining Districts ), "This transaction effectively concealed a sales price that could have drawn attention to the real value of Mesquite mine and the riches north of the pit wall in the gunnery range.
  • . receives land from the Chocolate Mountain gunnery range, the Santa Fe would control the exclusive rights to mine the gold trend for nearly 50 miles to the north.



    Bixman Report
  • . One of the bases will be the Chocolate Mountain gunnery range.
  • . Unbeknownst to the public, inside the range is the world's richest gold rift zone.
  • . To the north is the Chocolate Mountain gunnery range.
  • . The Mesquite open pit gold mine literally stops at the fence that borders the gunnery range.
  • . According to mining engineers who work at the Mesquite mine, the main gold ore body is north of the fence inside the gunnery range.
  • . Engineers allege that in 1981 and 1982, Consolidated Goldfields, which owned the mine at the time, illegally drilled into the gunnery range area to determine the composition of the ore body.
  • . According to Donald Fife (spokesman for the National Association of Mining Districts), "This transaction effectively concealed a sales price that could have drawn attention to the real value of Mesquite mine and the riches north of the pit wall in the gunnery range.
  • . receives land from the Chocolate Mountain gunnery range, the Santa Fe would control the exclusive rights to mine the gold trend for nearly 50 miles to the north.



    Definitions and Faces Along the Trail
  • . The Mesquite Mine vein continues on into the Chocolate Mountains Gunnery Range.
  • . See ; California - Strangely, the Navy is out there in the desert with a part in the Great Gold Heist.

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  • Chocolate Mountains The Chocolate Mountains are the site of the Chocolate Mountain Naval Reservation Aerial Gunnery Range.


    Tags: Training / Testing / Bombing Range
  • . - A 47, 000 acre live bombing range, with stationary and mobile targets.
  • . - One of five training ranges used by Fallon Naval Air Station, along with a few other Naval aviation installations.
  • . There are vehicles and other target material on the range.
  • . - One of five training ranges used by Fallon Naval Air Station, and a few other Naval aviation installations.
  • . There is a three-quarter size industrial area with numerous buildings, and other target and training material on the range.
  • . - One of five training ranges used by Fallon Naval Air Station, along with a few other Naval aviation installations.
  • . There are vehicles and other target material on the range.
  • . - One of five training ranges used by Fallon Naval Air Station, along with a few other Naval aviation installations.
  • . There are vehicles and other target material on the range.
  • . The hilly interior is used as an aerial gunnery range by the Army.
  • . Of the over 23, 000 acres, including the Outlying Field Whitehouse, the Yellow Water Weapons Department, and the Pinecastle Electronic Warfare Range, which are located nearby, some has been slated for...


    Mesquite in the Chocolate Mountains. (Gold Fields Operating Co.'s Mesquite mine) E-MJ - Engineering & Mining Journal - FindArticles
  • . (Gold Fields Operating Co.'s Mesquite mine) , by Content providedin partnership with » Probably not too many mines have as lethal a neighbor as Gold Fields Operating Co.'s Mesquite mine, a naval gunnery range used by fighter pilots for practice east of the Salton Sea.


    NMFWA: Herp Projects
  • . Krzysik Land Mgmt Lab USACOE Joshua Tree National Park USMC Assessing and monitoring desert tortoise populations on landscape scales with annual reports Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Background information on rangewide biology and survey techniques 1995 Rhys Evans USACERL n/a USMC Identifying desert tortoise burrows with ground penetrating radar (GPR) evaluation support and activity Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Unsuccessful.
  • . GPR could not tell difference between reptile and rodent burrows 1995 Rhys Evans Kirtland AFB n/a USMC Desert Tortoise surveys of the proposed range development area P-508 Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Report on pre-project survey (which has never been built) 1994 Rhys Evans Southwest Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command n/a USMC Estimated distribution and density for the desert tortoise at MCAGCC Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii First major study after Endangered Spp.
  • . Polk and ancillary species captures have yeilded an eastern spadefoot toad that represents a county record and species range extension.

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  • . The 246 square-mile (153, 439 acre) installation contains live fire ranges, maneuver areas, landing zones, and parachute drop training areas.
  • . The hilly interior is used as an aerial gunnery range by the Army.
  • . There are firing ranges, maneuver areas and two "mock villages" located in the rolling terrain of the base.
  • . Range operations are expected to increase in coming years, due to the closure of other California defense facilities.
  • . Of the over 23, 000 acres, including the Outlying Field Whitehouse, the Yellow Water Weapons Department, and the Pinecastle Electronic Warfare Range, which are located nearby, some has been slated for commercial development, while the majority has been transferred to the Naval Air Station at Jacksonville.
  • . Location: 18 miles SE of New Bern State: NC Latitude / Longitude: N34 54.1400 / W76 52.8700 China Lake Naval Weapons Testing Center A vast weapons development facility and testing range.
  • . Numerous laboratories and test ranges, located mostly in the north area of China Lake, support weapons development.


    Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: California: El Centro area
  • . Given that this location is in the southeast end of the Chocolate Mountains Naval Gunnery Range, this runway may have presumably been constructed as a target airfield, and never actually used as a real airfield.
  • . Prior to WW2, Imperial Gables was on the main road between Glamis & Blythe, but the establishment of the Chocolate Mountain Gunnery Range during WW2 included that portion of the road between Glamis & Imperial Gables, so the road had to be rerouted to its current position (and smack through the Northeast/Southwest runway)." Nothing at all is depicted at the site on USGS topo maps from 1969, 1980, or 1992.
  • . According to Brian Rehwinkel, “I suspect it was added during WW2 as an emergency landing field in support of the nearby bombing ranges/targets.” North Coyote Wells NOLF was used during WW2 as one of at least 12 auxiliary airfields attached to San Diego NAS (North Island).
  • . Strangely, no airfield at this location was depicted on the March 1944 San Diego Sectional Chart (according to Chris Kennedy) .


    The Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan
  • . Orocopia sage occurs in a longitudinal west to east range of approximately 30 miles.
  • . Surveys completed several years ago in the Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range (CMAGR) indicate it is fairly common in these mountains, which are outside the CVMSHCP boundary.
  • . Plants within the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range are essentially protected by the fact that the area is off-limits to the public and bombing does not occur along the perimeter of the range, where Orocopia sage occurs, because of its close proximity to recreational use areas.


    Bradshaw Trail, The Gold Road to La Paz - DesertUSA
  • . The trail is a 65 mile graded road that traverses mostly public land between the Chuckwalla Mountains and the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range.
  • . Additional Information: The Chocolate Mountain Naval Gunnery Range is located immediately south of the trail.
  • . This is a live bombing range and closed to all public entry.
  • . DO NOT ENTER THE BOMBING RANGE.

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    Bradshaw's Desert Trail To Gold

  • . Leaving Dos Palmas, the route filed eastward through the pass between the Orocopia and Chocolate mountain ranges.
  • . It skirted the southern end of the Chuckwalla range.
  • . It is not strange that men drank and gambled almost universally in that time, for human existence was as arid as surrounding nature, and it was far more pleasant and practicable to irrigate the human system with alcohol than to bring water to the land.
  • . Further, the BLM says, “The Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range borders a part of the Bradshaw Trail to the south.
  • . This is a live bombing range and posted as closed to public entry.
  • . DO NOT ENTER THE BOMBING RANGE.” In his book Gold Road to La Paz: An Interpretive Guide to the Bradshaw Trail, Delmer G.
  • . You can acquire Ross’ book at DesertUSA’s Trading Post Side trips near the Trail near Blythe, CA Tucked deep into the Mule Mountains not far from Palo Verde lies Lodging There are hotels and motels in Blyth, Ca with something for every taste and price range.


    EPA: Federal Register: Record of Decision For the Yuma Training Range Complex, Arizona and California
  • . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, and the Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), the Department of the Navy announces its decision to upgrade the capability of the Yuma Training Range Complex (YTRC).
  • . Ron Pearce, Director, Range Management Department, (520) 341-3401, fax (520) 341-2216, e-mail pearcer@yuma.usmc.mil.
  • . Establish a new restricted area, designated R-2507E, contiguous with the northeastern side of R-2507S, that will increase the restricted airspace available to support aviation training operations without exceeding land boundaries of the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range (Chocolate Mountain Range) (Alternative 2-3).
  • . Goldwater Air Force Range (Goldwater Range) (Alternative 4-2).
  • . Construct a narrow-width runway/roadway for AV-8B roadway operations at auxiliary airfield two in the Goldwater Range (Alternative 5-2).


    Trigo Mountains Points of Interest
  • . This range extends from south central Riverside County to the Colorado River near Yuma, Arizona.
  • . PALO VERDE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS Distinguishing this wilderness are twin buttes known as the Flat Tops, which stand out as a landmark against a range of jagged peaks.
  • . Palo Verde Peak is the highest point of the range rising to 1, 800 feet.
  • . Use extreme caution to avoid entering the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range located immediately to the south.
  • . Two extremely rugged mountain ranges dominate the refuge.
  • . These ranges and surrounding desert plains provide ideal habitat for a variety of wildlife, including bighorn sheep.

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