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The Cerbat Mountains ( yuf-x-wal, Ha'emede:) is a
mountain range
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...
in
Mohave County
Mohave County is in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, its population was 213,267. The county seat is Kingman, and the largest city is Lake Havasu City. It is the fifth largest county in the United St ...
in northwest
Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...
immediately north of
Kingman. The Cerbat Mountains and the
White Hills (Arizona)
The White Hills are a range of hills in northern Mohave County, Arizona. These hills lie north of the Cerbat Mountains and extend south from the Colorado River at Lake Mead between the Detrital Valley to the west and the Gold Basin and the uppe ...
adjacent north, are the dividing ranges between the
Detrital Valley west, and the
Hualapai Valley
Hualapai Valley is a valley in Mohave County, Arizona.
Location
Hualapai Valley is an endorheic basin and its watershed terminates in the dry lake or playa called Red Lake at an elevation of 2762 feet. It is bounded on the east by the Grand Wash ...
east.
It is a 23 mi long range trending slightly northwest–southeast. It lies directly east of the 130-mile long
Black Mountains range and is separated by the
Sacramento Valley bordering southwest of Kingman through which
Interstate 40
Interstate 40 (I-40) is a major east–west Interstate Highway running through the south-central portion of the United States. At a length of , it is the third-longest Interstate Highway in the country, after I-90 and I-80. From west to ea ...
turns south and west to meet
Needles, California; the long
Detrital Valley and plains drains northwest of the mountains into southern
Lake Mead
Lake Mead is a reservoir formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in the Southwestern United States. It is located in the states of Nevada and Arizona, east of Las Vegas. It is the largest reservoir in the US in terms of water capacity. L ...
.
A series of peaks can be found towards the southern end of the range, including Packsaddle Mountain at , and Cherum Peak at .
The northern section of the Cerbat Mountains is composed mostly of the
Mount Tipton Wilderness, with
Mount Tipton being its peak at . The
Dolan Springs
Dolan Springs is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,989 at the 2020 census, down from 2,033 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Dolan Springs is located in nor ...
community is at the base of the wilderness on the northwestern side of the Cerbat Mountains.
The "Mineral Park mine", a large
copper
Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu (from la, cuprum) and atomic number 29. It is a soft, malleable, and ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. A freshly exposed surface of pure copper has a pinkis ...
and
turquoise
Turquoise is an opaque, blue-to-green mineral that is a hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium, with the chemical formula . It is rare and valuable in finer grades and has been prized as a gemstone and ornamental stone for thousands of year ...
mine, is located in the Cerbat Mountains 14 miles northwest of
Kingman, Arizona.
See also
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List of mountain ranges of Arizona
There are 210 named mountain ranges in Arizona.This list also includes mountain ranges that are mostly in New Mexico and Sonora, Mexico, that extend into Arizona.
Alphabetical list
The southeast of Arizona, with New Mexico, northwest Chihua ...
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List of LCRV Wilderness Areas (Colorado River)
The National Wilderness Preservation System includes 803 wilderness areas protecting of federal land . They are managed by four agencies:
*United States National Park Service (NPS)
*United States Forest Service (USFS)
*United States Fish and Wil ...
References
External links
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Mountain ranges of Mohave County, Arizona
Mountain ranges of the Lower Colorado River Valley
Mountain ranges of the Mojave Desert
Mountain ranges of Arizona