Delamar Mountains

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The Delamar Mountains are a remote, arid mountain range in southeastern Nevada known for their rugged terrain and historic mining activity.

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Delamar Mountains canonical 2
Meadow Valley Mountains 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range
administrativeArea Lincoln County, Nevada
associatedWith Delamar mining district
climate arid
country United States of America
ecosystem Great Basin–Mojave transition zone
surface form: Mojave Desert transition zone
environment remote desert environment
geologicalSetting extensional tectonic regime
hasAccessVia unimproved roads
hasNameOrigin named after the nearby mining town of Delamar
hasNearbySettlement Delamar, Nevada
historicalPeriodOfIntenseActivity early 20th century
late 19th century
historicalUse gold mining
knownFor historic mining activity
remoteness
locatedIn Lincoln County, Nevada
Nevada
locatedInRegion southeastern Nevada
locatedOnContinent North America
mineralResources gold-bearing ore
mountainRangeType arid mountain range
partOf Basin and Range Province
relativeLocation east of the South Pahroc Range
north of Lake Mead
south of the White River Valley
west of the Meadow Valley Mountains
remotenessLevel sparsely populated area
state Nevada
terrain rugged terrain
topography narrow canyons
steep slopes
vegetationType desert shrubland

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Lincoln County contains Delamar Mountains
subject surface form: Lincoln County, Nevada
Lincoln County, Nevada contains Delamar Mountains
Lincoln County, Nevada contains Delamar Mountains
this entity surface form: Meadow Valley Mountains