Selenite Range

Selenite Range
location of Selenite Range in Nevada ^[1]
Highest point
Peak	Kumiva Peak
Elevation	2,511 m (8,238 ft)
Coordinates	40°24.37′N 119°15.79′W / 40.40617°N 119.26317°W / 40.40617; -119.26317
Geography
Country	United States
State	Nevada
Region	Black Rock Desert
District	Pershing County
Range coordinates	40°32′03″N 119°15′44″W / 40.5342°N 119.2622°W / 40.5342; -119.2622Coordinates: 40°32′03″N 119°15′44″W / 40.5342°N 119.2622°W / 40.5342; -119.2622
Topo map	USGS Empire

The Selenite Range is a mountain range in western Pershing County, Nevada.^[1] The range is a north–south trending feature approximately 27 miles (43 km) long and 4 miles (6.4 km) wide.

The Fox Range lies to the west across the San Emidio Desert valley and the south end of the Black Rock Desert playa. Gerlach and Empire are two communities on the foothills and just to the northwest of the range. These communities supported the gypsum mines in the range during their active period. The large Empire gypsum quarry lies just west of Luxor Peak at 40° 30' N; 119° 18' W just 1.2 mi (1.9 km) northwest of Kumiva Peak.^[2]^[3]

Named Peaks in the range from north to south include: Selenite Peak, 7,115 ft (2,169 m); Luxor Peak, 7,420 ft (2,260 m); Kumiva Peak, 8,820 ft (2,690 m); Purgatory Peak, 7,417 ft (2,261 m); and Mt. Limbo, 7,312 ft (2,229 m).^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

1 2 "Selenite Range". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
1 2 Empire, NV 7.5 minute quadrangle, USGS, 1990
1 2 Kumiva Peak, NV 7.5 minute quadrangle, USGS, 1990
↑ Purgatory Peak, NV 7.5 min. quadrangle, USGS, 1990

Black Rock Desert

Geography	Antelope Range Badger Mountains Black Rock Range Calico Hills Division Range Empire Fox Range Gerlach Granite Range Hannan Range High Rock Canyon Hills Hog Ranch Mountains Jackson Mtns Kamma Mtns Kings River Lake Lahontan Little High Rock Mountains Massacre Range Montana Mountains Pine Forest Range Poker Brown Mountains Quinn River Selenite Range Sentinel Hills Seven Troughs Range Sheephead Mountains Smoke Creek Desert Smoke Creek Mountains Yellow Hills

History	Peter Lassen Applegate Trail Thrust2 land speed record (1983) Thrust SSC land speed record (1997) CSXT Space Shot (2004)

Protected areas	Black Rock–High Rock NCA Black Rock Desert Wilderness Calico Mountains Wilderness East Fork High Rock Canyon Wilderness High Rock Canyon Wilderness High Rock Lake Wilderness Little High Rock Canyon Wilderness North Black Rock Range Wilderness North Jackson Mountains Wilderness Pahute Peak Wilderness South Jackson Mountains Wilderness

Transportation	Empire Airport Old SR 34 Old SR 48 Old SR 49/Jungo Road SR 447

Uses and Activities	Burning Man Camping High Power Rocketry Land sailing Mining Rockhounding

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