Clipper Valley

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The Clipper Valley is a vast, oval-shaped alluvial plain located in the eastern Mojave Desert, in southeast California. The Interstate 40 passes the valley on its southern border. The region has been the site of numerous mining operations, patricularly during the Gold Rush. Only two small roads actually cross the valley, one is a small dirt road called Vulcan Mine Road, and the other is a largely abandoned stretch of Route 66. Covering over 400 square miles, the valley is large enough to hold most of greater Los Angeles. It has two prominent geologic features, the largest being the Blind Hills, a heavily eroded, flat-topped outcropping of rocky hills, and Halfway Hill, located near the center of the valley.