Cricket Mountains Explained

Cricket Mountains
Photo Size:260px
Country:United States
State:Utah
Region:((southwest)-Great Basin Desert)
(southwest)-Sevier Desert
District Type:County
Settlement Type:City
Length Mi:35
Length Orientation:SW x NE
Width Mi:12
Highest Location:(extreme southwest)-Cricket Mountains
Elevation Ft:5999
Coordinates:38.7963°N -113.0263°W
Map:USA Utah
Map Size:200

The Cricket Mountains are a 35miles long mountain range located in central-south Millard County, Utah, United States, on the east border of Sevier Lake, in the Great Basin Desert.

The southwestern Cricket Mountains merge southwest into the smaller San Francisco Mountains on the southern border of Sevier Lake and on the east of Wah Wah Valley.

Description

The Cricket Mountains rise to peaks ranging from the 6000feet elevation to its highpoint of Headlight Mountain, 6749feet,[1] in the extreme southwest of the range. The Cricket Mountains are bordered by the Sevier Desert on the east, north, and west, where the Sevier River flows west then southwest into Sevier Lake, on the range's west border.

The southwest of the range merges into the northeast of the San Francisco Mountains, a slightly smaller range. Both ranges trend southwesterly x northeast, presumably part of Basin and Range block faulting.

Graymont Lime

Graymont Lime has a plant in the Cricket Mountains, about 35miles southwest of Delta. It is one of the 10 largest lime plants in the United States. It was previously owned by Continental Lime, which was purchased by Graymont Lime.

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Notes and References

  1. Utah, DeLorme Atlas & Gazetteer, p. 40-41.