The Clan Alpine Mountains are a
mountain range
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located in west-central
Nevada
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in the
United States
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. The range lies in a southwest-northeasterly direction in
Churchill County, and contains
Mount Augusta
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, at above sea level. The mountains lie to the west of the
Desatoya Mountains and southeast of the
Stillwater Range
The Stillwater Range is a mountain range located in western Nevada in the United States
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. The
Augusta Mountains lie to the northeast and the
New Pass Range to the east. A large part of the range, , lies within the Clan Alpine Mountains
Wilderness Study Area. The Clan Alpine Mountains lie to the north and northwest of
Highway 50.
[''Nevada Atlas & Gazetteer'', DeLorme, 8th ed., 2012, pp. 36, 37 and 44 ]
Clan Alpine Mountains took its name from a nearby mining district. At least eight mines are located in the northwestern part of the range north of Healy Peak in the Bernice and Hoyt canyons on the northwest flank of the range.
[ This mine group was worked from 1866 and known as the Bernice, Salina or Alamo district. The mines produced ]antimony
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, silver
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, gold
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and tungsten
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.Tingley, Joseph V., ''Mining Districts of Nevada,'' Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Report 47, 2nd ed., 1998, pp 31-2
References
Mineral Resources of the Clan Alpine Mountains, Study Area, Churchill County, Nevada, Mineral Land Assessment 1987, Open File Report
Mountain ranges of Nevada
Mountain ranges of Churchill County, Nevada
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