Pearl Peak

Pearl Peak
Pearl Peak is located in Nevada
Pearl Peak
Pearl Peak
Location in the state of Nevada
Highest point
Elevation10,777 ft (3,285 m)[1]
Prominence3,608 ft (1,100 m)[2]
Parent peakTipton Peak
Isolation13.37 mi (21.52 km)[2]
Coordinates40°14′07″N 115°32′31″W / 40.23528°N 115.54194°W / 40.23528; -115.54194[1]
Geography
LocationElko County, Nevada
Parent rangeRuby Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Pearl Peak

Pearl Peak is a 10,777-foot (3,285 m)[1] summit in the southern part of the Ruby Mountains, in Elko County, Nevada in the United States.[2] The peak, which is within the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, is primarily composed of Ordovician to early Devonian dolomite and limestone, with minor amounts of sandstone and quartzite.[3] It hosts a stand of bristlecone pine.[4]

Pearl Peak is about 40 miles (64 km) south of Elko and 50 miles (80 km) north of Eureka. The Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located a short distance to the southeast.

North ridge of Pearl Peak, Nevada

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pearl Peak
  2. ^ a b c "Pearl Peak". Peakbagger. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Nevada Geology". Nevada Geology. The University of Nevada, Reno. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  4. ^ Charlet, David Alan (1996). Atlas of Nevada Conifers. Reno: University of Nevada Press. p. 228.


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