Mojave Gunnery Range
In August 1944, the Department of the Navy acquired land near Mojave to conduct aerial bombing, strafing and air-to-ground rocket range training. The 11th Naval District developed a training area consisting of six stationary ground targets and one mobile ground target that were used by pilots stationed out of Marine Corps Air Station, Mojave. After World War II, Marine Corps Air Station, Mojave became Naval Air Station, Mojave, and the Mojave Gunnery Range “C” training area was used by Naval Ordnance Test Station, Inyokern; Naval Air Station, Mojave; and the U.S. Army to test and evaluate pilotless aircraft.
Naval Air Station, Mojave closed in January 1947 and the training area remained idle until 1951 when Marines from El Toro used the air field as an auxiliary field. The air field was renamed Marine Corps Auxiliary Air Station, Mojave and was referred to as an Advanced Gunnery Range. In December 1958, the leases for the training area were terminated and in January 1959 Marine Corps Auxiliary Air Station, Mojave officially closed.
Mojave -Source - DOD
Soil Contaminants: Molybdenum 0.4 mg/kg Lead 7.9 mg/kg Zinc 38.7 mg/kg Titanium 408.0 mg/kg
Molybdenum 0.5 mg/kg Lead 7.1 mg/kg Zinc 55.7 mg/kg Titanium 460.0 mg/kg
Molybdenum 0.3 mg/kg Lead 8.8 mg/kg Copper 14.0 mg/kg Titanium 552.0 mg/kg
Contaminants: Molybdenum 0.6 mg/kg Cobalt 8.5 mg/kg Lead 10.0 mg/kg Nickel 12.0 mg/kg Copper 15.7 mg/kg Total Chromium (1:6 ratio Cr VI:Cr III) 19.9 mg/kg Vanadium 32.3 mg/kg Zinc 122.0 mg/kg Titanium 732.0 mg/kg
Soil Contaminants: Molybdenum 0.4 mg/kg Lead 7.9 mg/kg Zinc 38.7 mg/kg Titanium 408.0 mg/kg
Molybdenum 0.5 mg/kg Lead 7.1 mg/kg Zinc 55.7 mg/kg Titanium 460.0 mg/kg
Molybdenum 0.3 mg/kg Lead 8.8 mg/kg Copper 14.0 mg/kg Titanium 552.0 mg/kg
Contaminants: Molybdenum 0.6 mg/kg Cobalt 8.5 mg/kg Lead 10.0 mg/kg Nickel 12.0 mg/kg Copper 15.7 mg/kg Total Chromium (1:6 ratio Cr VI:Cr III) 19.9 mg/kg Vanadium 32.3 mg/kg Zinc 122.0 mg/kg Titanium 732.0 mg/kg
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