The White Rock Mountains are a north-northwest trending mountain range located in eastern

Lincoln County, Nevada Lincoln County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, the population was 5,345. Its county seat is Pioche, Nevada, Pioche. Like many counties in Nevada, it is d ...

with the eastern slopes of the range extending into

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and

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counties of

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. The north end of the range merges with the

Wilson Creek Range The Wilson Creek Range is a mountain range in Lincoln 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 to t ...

on the west.''Wilson Creek Range, Nevada–Utah,'' 30x60 Topographic Quad, USGS, 1982 To the east the

Hamlin Valley Hamlin Valley is a mostly north-south trending valley of the Great Basin located on both sides of the Nevada–Utah state line. It is about long. Its north-northeast end point adjacent the state line, is the southwest start region of the Snake Va ...

bounds the range with the

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of Utah beyond. To the southeast the range merges with the

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of the Nevada–Utah border area.

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and the Eagle Reservoir lie in the Spring Valley along the southwest margin of the range. The community of

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is about two miles downstream from the Eagle Reservoir. The Camp Valley separates the main portions of the White Rock and Wilson Creek ranges and continues to the southeast to form the northeast headwaters of

Meadow Valley Wash The Meadow Valley Wash is a southern Nevada stream draining the Meadow Watershed that is bordered on three sides by the Great Basin Divide. The wash's Lincoln County head point is in the Wilson Creek Range, and the wash includes two upper conf ...

through Spring Valley/Eagle Valley.''Caliente, Nevada–Utah,'' 30x60 Topographic Quad, USGS, 1978 The White Rock caldera associated with this range was the site of one of the Large volume volcanic eruptions in the Basin and Range Province. The range was named from the white color of the rocks which form it.

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