Kamma Mountains
Kamma Mountains is located in Nevada
Kamma Mountains
Location of Kamma Mountains in Nevada[1]
Highest point
Elevation1,892 m (6,207 ft)
Geography
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
RegionBlack Rock Desert
DistrictPershing County /
Humboldt County
Range coordinates40°46′14.646″N 118°39′53.578″W / 40.77073500°N 118.66488278°W / 40.77073500; -118.66488278
Topo mapUSGS Sulphur

The Kamma Mountains are a mountain range in Pershing County and Humboldt 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.

The Kamma Mountains are the site of Nevada's Sulphur Mining District.[2] Allied Nevada Gold Corporation operates the Hycroft Gold Mine, a strip mine in the Kamma Mountains. Allied Nevada re-opened the mine in 2008 after acquiring it from Vista Gold Corporation.[3][4]

Jungo Road (State Route 49) connects east through the Kamma Mountains to Winnemucca and south to Gerlach via Sulphur.

References

  1. ^ a b "Kamma Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  2. ^ "Sulphur Mining District". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ "Technical Report – Vista Gold Corp: Hycroft Mine, Winnemucca, Nevada, USA" (PDF). Vista Gold Corporation. 2006-01-25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-03-09. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
  4. ^ Allied Nevada Gold Corporation (2009-05-15). "Hycroft Mine Technical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-09-17. Retrieved 2010-01-16.

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