Goshute Mountains

Location of Goshute Mountains in Nevada^[1]

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Goshute Mountains

Goshute Mountains (the United States)

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CountryUnited StatesStateNevadaDistrictElko CountyRange coordinates40°16′9.758″N 114°16′33.052″W / 40.26937722°N 114.27584778°W / 40.26937722; -114.27584778Topo mapUSGS White Horse Mountain

The Goshute Mountains is a mountain range in southeastern Elko County, Nevada, United States.^[1]

Description

The range is separated from the Toano Range to the north by Morgan Pass.^[2]

The range was named after the Goshute Indians.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Goshute Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
^ Keith B. Ketner; Warren C. Day; Maya Elrick; Myra K. Vaag; Robert A. Zimmermann; Lawrence W. Snee; Richard W. Saltus; John E. Repetski; Bruce R. Wardlaw; Michael E. Taylor; Anita G. Harris (1998). "U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1593 - An Outline of Tectonic, Igneous, and Metamorphic Events in the Goshute-Toano Range Between Silver Zone Pass and White Horse Pass, Elko County, Nevada: A History of Superposed Contractional and Extensional Deformation" (PDF). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 24.