Kamma Mountains

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Coordinates: 40°46′14.646″N 118°39′53.578″W / 40.770735, -118.66488278
Kamma Mountains
Mountain Range
Country United States
State Nevada
Region Black Rock Desert
District Pershing County
Coordinates 40°46′14.646″N 118°39′53.578″W / 40.770735, -118.66488278
Highest point
 - elevation 1,892 m (6,207 ft)
Timezone Pacific (UTC-8)
 - summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
Topo map USGS Sulphur
location of Kamma Mountains in Nevada
location of Kamma Mountains in Nevada [1]

The Kamma Mountains are a mountain range in Pershing County, Nevada.[1] The ghost town and railroad siding at Sulphur, Nevada is on the west side of the Kamma Mountains at the eastern edge of the Black Rock Desert playa. Strip mining has been used to mine gold from the Kamma Mountains.[2] Jungo Road (State Route 49) connects east through the Kamma Mountains to Winnemucca and south to Gerlach via Sulphur.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Kamma Mountains. Geographic Names Information System. U.S. Geological Survey.
  2. ^ Technical Report – Vista Gold Corp: Hycroft Mine, Winnemucca, Nevada, USA (PDF). Vista Gold Corporation (2006-01-25). Retrieved on 2008-04-26.

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