The Battle Mountains or Battle Mountain Range is a mountain range in western Lander and southeastern Humboldt counties of

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. The communities of Battle Mountain and

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lie just to the east and north respectively along

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in the

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valley.

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runs along the southeast side of the range from Battle Mountain toward

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to the south. The range is roughly circular in shape and exhibits radial drainage. The

Valley lies to the northeast with the

Sheep Creek Range The Sheep Creek Range is a mountain range in Lander County, Nevada, United States. The range is northeast of Battle Mountain. It is the site of a doppler radar A Doppler radar is a specialized radar that uses the Doppler effect to produce v ...

beyond. To the northwest and west is Buffalo Valley with Buffalo Mountain and the

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beyond. The Fish Creek Range lies to the southwest and the

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Valley and

Shoshone Range The Shoshone Range is a mountain range in Lander County, Nevada. The northeast end of the range extends into Eureka County at Shoshone Point on the Humboldt River.''Crescent Valley, Nevada,'' 30x60 Minute Quadrangle, USGS, 1987 (40116-A1-TM-10 ...

to the southeast.

Peaks

Named peaks include:

Mining in the Battle Mountains

The range has a long history of mining following the original discovery in 1866. The earliest mining was around the old mining camp of Copper Basin in Long Canyon which lies west of the current town of Battle Mountain. The Copper Basin area was the original location of the Battle Mountain mining camp which later moved to the current location on the Humboldt as a mining support town. To the southwest about in Galena Canyon, the mining camps of Bannock, Copper Canyon and Galena were later developed with the Bannock camp established in 1909. The area produced copper, gold, silver, antimony, lead, zinc, tungsten, molybdenum, arsenic, turquoise, and nickel. The Marigold Gold mine is located in the north end of the range.Infomine: Marigold
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References

{{Reflist Mountain ranges of Nevada Mountain ranges of Humboldt County, Nevada Mountain ranges of Lander County, Nevada