Black Mountains (Nevada)

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name = Black Mountains
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category = Mountain Range
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country = United States
state = Nevada
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district = Clark County
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lat_d = 36 | lat_m = 12 | lat_s = 55.930 | lat_NS = N
long_d = 114 | long_m = 28 | long_s = 31.917 | long_EW = W
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highest_elevation = 684
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timezone = Pacific | utc_offset = -8
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map_caption = location of Black Mountains in Nevada cite gnis|838861|Black Mountains]
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map_locator = Nevada
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footnotes =The Black Mountains, a mid-Miocene formation, [cite web |url= http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2004/2002TC001454.shtml |title= Miocene extension and extensional folding in an anticlinal segment of the Black Mountains accommodation zone, Colorado River extensional corridor, southwestern United States |accessdate=2008-02-10 |format= |work= |quote=The mid-Miocene Black Mountains accommodation zone of southern Nevada and western Arizona is a well-exposed example of an accommodation zone linking two regionally extensive and opposing tilt domains.] in Nevada are a series of rugged, rocky volcanic mountains ranging in elevations to 3,025 feet. The range runs from California into Arizona. The Black Mountains are essentially a continuation of the Amargosa Range, and lie in a generally north-south direction at the southern end. The range includes named feature like the Redstone Peaks

Deep canyons and washes that flow southeast into the Overton Arm of Lake Mead cut into the mountain range. [cite web |url= http://www.birdandhike.com/Hike/Wilderness/0Wild_Hiking.htm |title= Hiking Around the Southern Nevada Wilderness Areas |accessdate=2008-02-10 |format= |work= ] The range contains deposits of soft manganese oxides/hydroxides. [cite web |url= http://www.mindat.org/loc-36547.html |title= Black Mountains District, Clark Co., Nevada, USA |accessdate=2008-02-10 |format= |work= ]

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