Diamond Mountains

For the California mountain range, see Diamond Mountains (California).

Coordinates: 39°53′18″N 115°48′15″W / 39.888336°N 115.804224°W / 39.888336; -115.804224

Diamond Mountains
Mountain Range
Country	United States
State	Nevada
Counties	White Pine, Eureka
Parts	(N-to-S) Birch BM, Christine Peak, Summit Peak, Black Point BM
Location	triple watershed point of the Humboldt River subregion, the Diamond-Monitor Watershed, and the Newark-Little Smoky Watershed
- coordinates	39°53′18″N 115°48′15″W / 39.888336°N 115.804224°W / 39.888336; -115.804224
Highest point	Diamond Peak
- elevation	10,029 ft (3,057 m)
Timezone	Pacific (UTC-8)
- summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
GNIS code	847307[1]
Topo map	USGS Diamond Springs
Triple point in the northern Diamond Mountains

The Diamond Mountains are a north-south mountain range in east-central Nevada northeast of Eureka. The range is along the Newark Valley and is part of the drainage divide demarcating the Little Smoky-Newark Watershed.

The mountains cover an area of 293.4 square miles (760 km²), and reach an elevation of 10,029 feet (3,057 m) feet at Diamond Peak, which dominates the central portion of the range.^[who?] The mountain range lies between Newark Valley to the east and Diamond Valley to the west.

The Bureau of Land Management oversees 96% of the range (privately held land makes up the other 4%),^{[citation needed]} and the fauna and flora are typical of elevated biomes of the Central Basin and Range ecoregion.

Notes

1. ^ "Diamond Mountains". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:847307. Retrieved 2009-05-04. 

References

• ^{[dead link]} Biological Resources Research Center - [1]
• Nevada Atlas & Gazetteer, 2001, pgs. 39 and 47^[specify]