Black Mountains (Nevada)

Black Mountains
Black Mountains is located in Nevada
Black Mountains
Black Mountains
Black Mountains in Nevada[1]
Highest point
PeakHamblin Mountain
Elevation3,310 ft (1,010 m)
Coordinates36°10′43″N 114°38′51″W / 36.1786°N 114.6475°W / 36.1786; -114.6475
Geography
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
CountyClark
Range coordinates36°12′55.930″N 114°28′31.917″W / 36.21553611°N 114.47553250°W / 36.21553611; -114.47553250
Topo mapUSGS Middle Point

The Black Mountains, a mid-Miocene formation,[2] in Nevada are a series of rugged, arid rocky volcanic mountains ranging in elevations to 3310 ft. The range lies on the north shore of Lake Mead, at the southwest corner of the Overton Arm, about 25 mi south of Overton, Nevada.

The Black Mountains are mostly within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, with a small valley bordering north, the Bitter Spring Valley at the southeast of the arid Muddy Mountains

Deep canyons and washes that flow southeast into the Overton Arm of Lake Mead cut into the mountain range.[3] The range contains deposits of soft manganese oxides/hydroxides.[4]

  1. ^ "Black Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  2. ^ "Miocene extension and extensional folding in an anticlinal segment of the Black Mountains accommodation zone, Colorado River extensional corridor, southwestern United States". Retrieved 2008-02-10. The mid-Miocene Black Mountains accommodation zone of southern Nevada and western Arizona is a well-exposed example of an accommodation zone linking two regionally extensive and opposing tilt domains.
  3. ^ "Hiking Around the Southern Nevada Wilderness Areas". Retrieved 2008-02-10.
  4. ^ "Black Mountains District, Clark Co., Nevada, USA". Retrieved 2008-02-10.