The Tobin Range is a mountain range in eastern

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 ...

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. The linear range is typical of the

basin and range Basin and range topography is characterized by alternating parallel mountain ranges and valleys. It is a result of crustal extension due to mantle upwelling, gravitational collapse, crustal thickening, or relaxation of confining stresses. The e ...

structure with an approximate length and width of by with a NNE orientation.Fish Creek Mts (1982) and Winnemucca (1986) 30x60 minute quadrangles USGS The Tobin Range includes Mount Tobin, a summit that dominates the surrounding area. Mount Tobin has a latitude of 40°22′37″N and a longitude of 117°31′33″W. To the north the Tobins are separated from Buffalo Mountain in Humboldt County by Smelser Pass and to the northeast from the Battle Mountains in

Lander County Lander County is a county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,734. Its county seat is Battle Mountain. History Lander County was created in 1862 as the result of a mining boom on the Reese River along the ...

by the broad Buffalo Valley. To the east and southeast lie the

Fish Creek Mountains The Fish Creek Mountains are a mountain range in Lander County, Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a state in the Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona ...

and the small

Augusta Mountains The Augusta Mountains are a small mountain range in Pershing, Churchill and Lander counties of Nevada.''Nevada Atlas and Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 8th ed., 2012, p. 37. To the northeast the range merges with the Fish Creek Range. To the north acros ...

. To the west and southwest lie the East Range and the Stillwater Range across Pleasant Valley. To the northwest is the

Sonoma Range The Sonoma Range is a small mountain range in northwest Nevada, USA. It lies just south of the Humboldt River between Winnemucca and Golconda. It is one of the many ranges of the basin and range geologic province of the Great Basin. Sonoma Pe ...

in Humboldt County. The

1915 Pleasant Valley earthquake The 1915 Pleasant Valley earthquake occurred at in north-central Nevada. With a moment magnitude of 6.8, a surface wave magnitude of 7.7, and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''), it was the strongest earthquake ever recorded in the s ...

produced dramatic

fault scarp A fault scarp is a small step or offset on the ground surface where one side of a fault has moved vertically with respect to the other. It is the topographic expression of faulting attributed to the displacement of the land surface by movement al ...

s along the west margin of the range with up to of vertical displacement. Tobin Range was named after Clement L. Tobin.

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Mountain ranges of Nevada Mountain ranges of Pershing County, Nevada {{PershingCountyNV-geo-stub