The Ivanpah Mountains are located in the southeastern
Mojave Desert
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of
California
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in the
United States
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. The range lies to the south and east of the
Mescal Range and
Clark Mountain Range. Paute Valley lies between the Ivanpahs and the Mescal Range and Wheaton Wash lies between the Ivanpahs and the Clark Mountains to the north.
Interstate 15
Interstate 15 (I-15) is a major Interstate Highway in the western United States, running through Southern California and the Intermountain West. I-15 begins near the Mexican border in San Diego County and stretches north to Alberta, Cana ...
traverses the Wheaton Wash to the north of the Ivanpahs. The
Ivanpah Valley lies to the southeast with the
New York Mountains
The New York Mountains are a small mountain range found in northeastern San Bernardino County in California, USA. The range's northeastern area lies in southeastern Nevada. The range lies just south of the small community of Ivanpah, and north ...
beyond. The mountains lie in a general southwest-northeasterly direction, however Mineral Hill in the northeast part of the range lies at right angles to this trend.
[''Ivanpah, California—Nevada,'' 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1985]
The mountains have had a rich mining history and are home to the Morning Star, Kokoweef, and Allured Mines among numerous others mostly worked in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
San Bernardino County Mining History: Ivanpah
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The southern part of the range lies in the ]Mojave National Preserve
Mojave National Preserve is a United States National Preserve located in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, USA, between Interstate 15 and Interstate 40. The preserve was established October 31, 1994, with the passage of ...
.
References
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Mojave National Preserve
Mountain ranges of the Mojave Desert
Mountain ranges of San Bernardino County, California
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