Mountain Home Range

Mountain Home Range
A photo of the Mountain Home Range at sunset viewed from the northwest
The range at sunset, from the northwest
Highest point
PeakNeedle Benchmark
Elevation9,480 ft (2,890 m)
Coordinates38°29′24″N 113°57′29″W / 38.489951°N 113.958074°W / 38.489951; -113.958074
Dimensions
Length25 mi (40 km) N/S
Width23 mi (37 km) E/W
Area424 sq mi (1,100 km2)
Geography
A map of Utah showing the location of the Mountain Home Range
A map of Utah showing the location of the Mountain Home Range
Mountain Home Range
CountryUnited States
StateUtah

The Mountain Home Range is a north-south trending mountain range in western Beaver County in southwest Utah, United States.[1] It is part of the Basin and Range Province. It is bound by Hamlin Valley to the west, Snake Valley (part of this area known as Antelope Valley on some maps) to the north, Pine Valley to the east, and trends into the Indian Peak Range to the south. Collectively, the Mountain Home Range and Indian Peak Range are known as the Needle Mountains due to their jagged nature.[2][3]

The highest peak in the range, known simply as the 'Needle benchmark,' is 9,480 feet (2,890 m) tall.[4]

The range is very uncommonly used by humans, and is more known for wildlife and wild horses.[5]

Geology

The northern part of the range is made of Paleozoic carbonate rocks which are part of a long structural trend of rocks that go through the Burbank Hills, Conger Range, and Confusion Range. This is highlighted by a massive (30 by 50 mile) syncline.[6] The southern part of the range is made of mid-Tertiary ignimbrites from the Indian Peak Caldera Complex.[7]

Aerial view from the north of Mountain Home Range near sunset

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mountain Home Range
  2. ^ Van Cott, John W. (1990). Utah Place Names. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press. p. 62. ISBN 0-87480-345-4.
  3. ^ "Mountain Home Range". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
  4. ^ "Needle Benchmark, Utah". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
  5. ^ "Wild Horse's of Utah's Mountain Home Range". Archived from the original on 2010-04-05. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
  6. ^ Halka Chronic, 1990, Roadside Geology of Utah, ISBN 0-87842-228-5
  7. ^ Hintze and Davis, 2002, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WAH WAH MOUNTAINS NORTH 30′ x 60′ QUADRANGLE AND PART OF THE GARRISON 30′ x 60′ QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWEST MILLARD COUNTY AND PART OF BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH, ISBN 1-55791-584-9

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