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Railroad Valley is one of the Central Nevada Desert Basins in the
ranches such as the Blue Eagle Ranch, and 2 Tonopah Basin, Tonopah Playas. The valley has 4 separate Wildlife Management Areas ("Railroad Valley WMA"), and valley communities include Currant, Crows Nest, Green Springs, Lockes, and Nyala. Most of Nevada's oil production (totalling about 553,000 barrels during 2002) comes from several small oil fields in Railroad Valley, including Eagle Springs, Trap Spring, and Grant Canyon oil fields. The valley is the ancestral home of the"Duckwater Shoshone Tribe."
''Great Basin National Heritage Area.'' (retrieved 17 April 2010)
Railroad Valley is one of the Central Nevada Desert Basins in the Tonopah Basin
The Great Basin Desert is part of the Great Basin between the Sierra Nevada and the Wasatch Range. The desert is a geographical region that largely overlaps the Great Basin shrub steppe defined by the World Wildlife Fund, and the Central Basin a ...
and is about long north-south and up to wide, with some southern areas running southwest to northeast.
Description
The southern end of the valley begins near Gray Top Mountain (elevation ) and stretches north all the way to Mount Hamilton (elevation ). To the east are the Quinn Canyon, Grant, and White Pine Ranges, while to the west are thePancake
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and Reveille Range
The Reveille Range is the Nye County, Nevada mountain range that is the location of the Reveille Range volcanic field. The highest point is Reveille Peak in the southern part of the range with an elevation of .
The range is approximately long an ...
s. Most of the valley lies in Nye County, but it crosses into White Pine County
White Pine County is a largely rural, mountain county along the central eastern boundary of the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2010 census, the population was 10,030. Its county seat is Ely. The name "(Rocky Mountain) white pine" is an old ...
at its northern end.Nevada Atlas & Gazetteer, 2001, pgs. 47, 55, and 61 The valley includes numerous springs including Kate Springs and Blue Eagle Springranches such as the Blue Eagle Ranch, and 2 Tonopah Basin, Tonopah Playas. The valley has 4 separate Wildlife Management Areas ("Railroad Valley WMA"), and valley communities include Currant, Crows Nest, Green Springs, Lockes, and Nyala. Most of Nevada's oil production (totalling about 553,000 barrels during 2002) comes from several small oil fields in Railroad Valley, including Eagle Springs, Trap Spring, and Grant Canyon oil fields. The valley is the ancestral home of the
Tsaidüka
The Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation is a federally recognized tribe of Western Shoshone, based in central Nevada in the high desert Railroad Valley, in northern Nye County. Their autonym is ''Tsaidüka'' in their Shoshoni lan ...
band of Western Shoshone, who are now enrolled in the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation.''Great Basin National Heritage Area.'' (retrieved 17 April 2010)
See also
* List of valleys of NevadaReferences
External links
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