Mountain Home Range Explained

Mountain Home Range
Map:Utah
Map Alt:A map of Utah showing the location of the Mountain Home Range
Photo Alt:A photo of the Mountain Home Range at sunset viewed from the northwest
Area Mi2:424
Length Mi:25
Length Orientation:N/S
Width Mi:23
Width Orientation:E/W
Highest:Needle Benchmark
Elevation Ft:9480
Coordinates:38.49°N -113.9581°W

The Mountain Home Range is a north-south trending mountain range in western Beaver County in southwest Utah, United States. It is part of the Basin and Range Province. It is bound by Hamlin Valley to the west, Snake Valley (part of this area known as Antelope Valley on some maps) to the north, Pine Valley to the east, and trends into the Indian Peak Range to the south. Collectively, the Mountain Home Range and Indian Peak Range are known as the Needle Mountains due to their jagged nature.[1]

The highest peak in the range, known simply as the 'Needle benchmark,' is tall.

The range is very uncommonly used by humans, and is more known for wildlife and wild horses.[2]

Geology

The northern part of the range is made of Paleozoic carbonate rocks which are part of a long structural trend of rocks that go through the Burbank Hills, Conger Range, and Confusion Range. This is highlighted by a massive (30 by 50 mile) syncline.[3] The southern part of the range is made of mid-Tertiary ignimbrites from the Indian Peak Caldera Complex.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Van Cott, John W. (1990). Utah Place Names. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press. p. 62. .
  2. Web site: Wild Horse's of Utah's Mountain Home Range . 2009-12-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100405225955/http://www.frontiernet.net/~sulphur/Roubidoux1.html . 2010-04-05 .
  3. Halka Chronic, 1990, Roadside Geology of Utah,
  4. Hintze and Davis, 2002, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WAH WAH MOUNTAINS NORTH 30′ x 60′ QUADRANGLE AND PART OF THE GARRISON 30′ x 60′ QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWEST MILLARD COUNTY AND PART OF BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH,