Crystal Springs hot springs is a system of

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and seeps near Ash Springs, located at the site of a

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Crystal Springs, Nevada Crystal Springs is a ghost town in the Pahranagat Valley region of Lincoln County, Nevada in the United States. The ghost town is located at the junction of State Route 318 and State Route 375 (Extraterrestrial Highway), just northwest of U.S. ...

. Several marshes and springs are located along the White River.

Location

The spring area is located off the

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in a remote area of the Nevada high desert near

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. There is a large soaking pool fed by the spring water. GPS coordinates are N 37 31.920 W 115 13.980 The nearly ghost town of Crystal Springs is located at the

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205 (Crystal Springs), in the

Pahranagat Valley The Pahranagat Valley is a Tonopah Basin landform in Lincoln County, Nevada. The more fertile part of Pahranagat Valley is a narrow ribbon of green (no more than wide) like an oasis in the vast Nevada desert. It is approximately long running nor ...

region of

Lincoln County, Nevada Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2010 census, the population was 5,345. Its county seat is Pioche. Like many counties in Nevada, it is dry and sparsely populated, though notable for containing the Area ...

. Crystal Spring area was major site for stopovers on the alternate route of the Mormon trail, and later became a stagecoach stop and the first Lincoln County seat.

Water profile

The hot mineral water emerges from the ground at 90°F/32°C. Water spraying from the irrigation pipe that is channeled into the soaking pool is 81°F. A rare species of freshwater snail lives in the warm spring water, the ''Crystal Spring Pyrgulopsis crystalis''.

References

{{Reflist Hot springs of Nevada Lincoln County, Nevada

Location

Water profile

See also

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