<b>Silver Peak Range</b>, Esmeralda County, Nevada.

Eastern Mojave Vegetation

Silver Peak Range, Esmeralda County, Nevada.

Gazetteer

Query: G.N.I.S.

See also: Furnace Creek. Fish Lake Valley.

Mountain range in Esmeralda, western Nevada. West of the town of Silver Peak.

Elevation: 7753ft, 2363m.

Articles that refer to this location:

Furnace Creek Road, Mono County California: near wash;
Field Notes: 26-May-04; 26-May-04 at Cave Spring; 20040526285; Contents;
Coyote Road: 59900;

Literature Referring To This Location:

Close, Terry J. 1987. Mineral Resources of the Silver Peak Range North Wilderness Study Area, Esmeralda County, Nevada. Mineral Land Assessment 17-87, Open File Report. Spokane, WA: US Bureau of Mines, 1987. {TAS-pdf}
Petronis, Michael S., John W. Geissman, John S. Oldow, and William C. McIntosh. 2002. Paleomagnetic and ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar geochronologic data bearing on the structural evolution of the Silver Peak extensional complex, west-central Nevada. GSA Bulletin. 114(9):1108-1130.
Robinson, Paul T., Edwin H. McKee, and Richard J. Moiola. 1968. Cenozoic Volcanism and Sedimentation, Silver Peak Region, Western Nevada and Adjacent California. pp. 577-611 in Coats, Robert R., Richard L. Hay, and Charles A. Anderson. Studies in Volcanology: A Memoir in Honor of Howel Williams. Memoir 116. Boulder, Colorado: Geological Society of America, 1968. {TAS}

Species collected at or near this location:

Lamiaceae

Salvia dorrii (Kellogg) Abrams dorrii. Desert Sage (TAS)

Loasaceae

Mentzelia albicaulis Hook. White-Stem Blazing Star (TAS)

Malvaceae

Sphaeralcea ambigua A. Gray. Apricot Mallow (TAS)

Onagraceae

Camissonia pubens (S. Watson) P. H. Raven. Hairy Suncup (TAS)

Papaveraceae

Argemone munita Durand & Hilg. rotundata (Rydb.) G. B. Ownbey. Flatbud Prickly Poppy (TAS)

Phrymaceae

Erythranthe guttata (Fisch. ex DC.) G.L. Nesom. Seep Monkeyflower (TAS)

Polemoniaceae

Langloisia setosissima (Torrey & A. Gray) E. Greene setosissima. Bristly Langloisia (TAS)

Interesting collections made at or near this location:

Salvia dorrii (Kellogg) Abrams

Tom Schweich 431 5/26/2004

Total number of taxa:	7
Native Taxa: (serif, italic, bold)	0
Exotic Taxa: (sans-serif, italic)	0
Nativity Undetermined: (default font, italic)	0
Listed Weeds: Indentified as Weed	0

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Date and time this article was prepared:11:49:01 AM, 4/16/2021.