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Natural PlacesSite Name: Mouse's Tank CanyonCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 117.819 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The Southwest Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Las Vegas
Latitude: 36.440833N Longitude: 114.516389W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Mouse's Tank is named for a Southern Paiute Indian renegade (Little Mouse who used Valley of Fire as a hideout in the 1890's after he was accused of killing two prospectors and other crimes in the area. It is named ‘The Mouse’s Tank’ because an alleged Southern Paiute Indian renegade named ‘Little Mouse’ hid out there in the 1890’s. He was accused of gunning down two prospectors and many other crimes.
Source, extract from the Official Web Site
As a personal note, the place offers a splendid example of petroglyphs including anthropomorphic, zoomorphic, and abstract figures. Hundreds of them are spread throughout the canyon and even more may be hidden out of sight. You can see several spirals which may be related to the Sun's position at specific dates (solstices, and equinoxes) as demonstrated in other places such as Chaco Canyon NM. Some of them are damaged by time and possible humans. The red rock offers quite a spectacle contrasting the blue sky.
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