The Kamma Mountains are a mountain range in
Pershing County
Pershing County is a county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,650. Its county seat is Lovelock. The county was named after army general John J. Pershing (1860–1948). It was formed from Humboldt County ...
and
Humboldt County,
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...
.
The ghost town and railroad siding at
Sulphur, Nevada is on the west side of the Kamma Mountains at the eastern edge of the
Black Rock Desert
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The Black Rock Desert is a semi-arid region (in the Great Basin shrub steppe eco-region) of lava beds and playa, or alkali flats, situated in the Black Rock Desert–High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area, a si ...
playa.
The Kamma Mountains are the site of Nevada's Sulphur Mining District. Allied Nevada Gold Corporation operates the Hycroft Gold Mine, a
strip mine
Surface mining, including strip mining, open-pit mining and mountaintop removal mining, is a broad category of mining in which soil and rock overlying the mineral deposit (the overburden) are removed, in contrast to underground mining, in whic ...
in the Kamma Mountains. Allied Nevada re-opened the mine in 2008 after acquiring it from Vista Gold Corporation.
connects east through the Kamma Mountains to
Winnemucca and south to
Gerlach via Sulphur.
References
External links
Kamma Mountainsat mountainzone.com
Mountain ranges of Humboldt County, Nevada
Mountain ranges of Pershing County, Nevada
Mountain ranges of Nevada
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