Copper Mountain is the highest
mountain
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in the
Copper Mountains
The Copper Mountains is a minor north–south trending mountain range, only 8 miles long in southwestern Arizona in the southwestern Sonoran Desert.
The Copper Mountains lie east of Yuma, Arizona and east of the Yuma Desert; also east of the ...
of northern
Elko County
Elko County is a county in the northeastern corner of Nevada, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 53,702. Its county seat is Elko. The county was established on March 5, 1869, from Lander County. Elko County is the fourth ...
,
Nevada
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,
United States
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.
It is located within the
Mountain City Ranger District
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...
of the
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.
Summit panorama
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Mountains of Elko County, Nevada
Mountains of Nevada
Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest
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