Owyhee Mountains

Owyhee Mountains
Owyhee Mountains and Noble Horse Barn
viewed from the east
Highest point
PeakHayden Peak[1],
Owyhee County, Idaho
Elevation8,402 ft (2,561 m)
Dimensions
Length40 mi (64 km) NNW-SSE
Geography
Owyhee Mountains is located in the United States
Owyhee Mountains
Owyhee Mountains
Location within the United States
Owyhee Mountains is located in Idaho
Owyhee Mountains
Owyhee Mountains
Location within Idaho
Country
United States
State(s)
Idaho and Oregon
District(s)
Owyhee County, Idaho and
Malheur County, Oregon
Range coordinates
42°58′51″N 116°39′31″W / 42.98083°N 116.65861°W / 42.98083; -116.65861
Parent rangeOwyhee Mountain Range
Topo mapUSGS Cinnabar Mountain
The southern tip Quicksilver Mountain viewed from the main peak.

The Owyhee Mountains are a mountain range in the western United States, located in Owyhee County, Idaho, and Malheur County, Oregon.[2]

Mahogany Mountain and the associated volcanic craters of the Lake Owyhee volcanic field are in the Owyhee Mountains of Oregon just east of the Owyhee Reservoir on the Owyhee River.[3]

The southeastern end of the range in Idaho, including the old mining area west of Silver City, is referred to as the Silver City Range.[4] About five miles (8 km) west of Silver City is the De Lamar ghost town in Jordan Creek below the mine workings on De Lamar Mountain to the south.[4] The area was active in the late 1880s. In the 1970s, mining began again with the development of open pit silver–gold mines on De Lamar Mountain.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Cinnabar Mountain, Idaho, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1990
  2. ↑ Cite error: The named reference gnis was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ↑ Cummings, Michael L., et al., Stratigraphic and structural evolution of the middle Miocene synvolcanic Oregon-Idaho graben, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 2000; v. 112, no. 5; pp. 668-682
  4. 1 2 Murphy, Idaho, 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1986
  5. ↑ Bonnichsen, Bill; Epithermal Gold and Silver Deposits Silver City–De Lamar District, Idaho, University of Idaho, Idaho Geological Survey, Technical Report 83-4, 1983 PDF Archived 2015-09-14 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ De Lamar, Idaho, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1990

Further reading

  • Adams, Mildretta (1986) Sagebrush Post Offices, A History of the Owyhee Country, Idaho State University Press ISBN 978-0937834138
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