Kamma Mountains

Coordinates: 40°46′14.646″N 118°39′53.578″W / 40.77073500°N 118.66488278°W

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Kamma Mountains
Kamma Mountains Location of Kamma Mountains in Nevada^[1]
Highest point
Elevation	1,892 m (6,207 ft)
Geography
Country	United States
State	Nevada
Region	Black Rock Desert
District(s)	Pershing County / Humboldt County
Range coordinates	40°46′14.646″N 118°39′53.578″W / 40.77073500°N 118.66488278°W / 40.77073500; -118.66488278
Topo map	USGS Sulphur

The Kamma Mountains are a mountain range in Pershing County and Humboldt County, Nevada.^[1] The ghost town and railroad siding at Sulphur, Nevada is on the west side of the Kamma Mountains at the eastern edge of the Black Rock Desert playa.

The Kamma Mountains are the site of Nevada's Sulphur Mining District.^[2] Allied Nevada Gold Corporation operates the Hycroft Gold Mine, a strip mine in the Kamma Mountains. Allied Nevada re-opened the mine in 2008 after acquiring it from Vista Gold Corporation.^[3]^[4]

Jungo Road (State Route 49) connects east through the Kamma Mountains to Winnemucca and south to Gerlach via Sulphur.

References

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^ ^a ^b "Kamma Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
^ "Sulphur Mining District". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "Technical Report – Vista Gold Corp: Hycroft Mine, Winnemucca, Nevada, USA" (PDF). Vista Gold Corporation. 2006-01-25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-03-09. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
^ Allied Nevada Gold Corporation (2009-05-15). "Hycroft Mine Technical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-09-17. Retrieved 2010-01-16.

External links

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Kamma Mountains at mountainzone.com

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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 Dooby Lane High Power Rocketry Land sailing Mining Rockhounding

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