The Clan Alpine Mountains are a

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located in west-central

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in the

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. The range lies in a southwest-northeasterly direction in Churchill County, and contains

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, at above sea level. The mountains lie to the west of the

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and southeast of the

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. The

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lie to the northeast and the

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to the east. A large part of the range, , lies within the Clan Alpine Mountains Wilderness Study Area. The Clan Alpine Mountains lie to the north and northwest of

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.''Nevada Atlas & Gazetteer'', DeLorme, 8th ed., 2012, pp. 36, 37 and 44 Clan Alpine Mountains took its name from a nearby mining district. At least eight mines are located in the northwestern part of the range north of Healy Peak in the Bernice and Hoyt canyons on the northwest flank of the range. This mine group was worked from 1866 and known as the Bernice, Salina or Alamo district. The mines produced

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and

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.Tingley, Joseph V., ''Mining Districts of Nevada,'' Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Report 47, 2nd ed., 1998, pp 31-2

References

Mineral Resources of the Clan Alpine Mountains, Study Area, Churchill County, Nevada, Mineral Land Assessment 1987, Open File Report
Mountain ranges of Nevada Mountain ranges of Churchill County, Nevada {{ChurchillCountyNV-geo-stub