The Sublett Range is a

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in the

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s of

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(~94%) and

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(~6%), spanning Cassia, Oneida, and

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counties, Idaho and reaching into Box Elder County, Utah. The Phosphoria Formation reaches its greatest thickness beneath the mountains.Blatt, Harvey and Robert J. Tracy, ''Petrology'', Freeman, 1996, 2nd ed. pp. 345-349 The highest point in the range is known as the Sublett Range High Point at , and the range is a part of the

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. The northern part of the mountains are part of the Sublett Division of the Minidoka Ranger District of

Sawtooth National Forest Sawtooth National Forest is a National Forest that covers 2,110,408 acres (854,052 ha) in the U.S. states of Idaho (~96 percent) and Utah (~4 percent). Managed by the U.S. Forest Service in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, it was originall ...

. The range was named after the trapper

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, who lived in the area in the 1830s. The

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and Black Pine mountains are southwest of the range, while the Albion Mountains are to the west. The northern part of the mountains are in the

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watershed, which is a tributary of the Columbia River, while the southern section drains to the Great Salt Lake. The town of

Snowville, Utah Snowville is a town in Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The population was 167 at the 2010 census. Geography Snowville is located at an elevation of . According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land ...

is south of the mountains,

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is to the west, and

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is to the north. Interstate 84 passes just to the south and west of the mountains. Most of the mountains are covered in

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on northern slopes.

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U.S. Forest Service
Sawtooth National Forest Mountain ranges of Box Elder County, Utah Landforms of Cassia County, Idaho Mountain ranges of Idaho Sawtooth National Forest {{CassiaCountyID-geo-stub