The Battle Mountains or Battle Mountain RangeGNIS: Battle Mountain is a mountain range in western Lander and southeastern Humboldt counties of Nevada. The communities of Battle Mountain and Valmy lie just to the east and north respectively along Interstate 80 in the Humboldt River valley. Nevada State Route 305 runs along the southeast side of the range from Battle Mountain toward Austin to the south.
The range is roughly circular in shape and exhibits radial drainage. The Humboldt River Valley lies to the northeast with the Sheep Creek Range beyond. To the northwest and west is Buffalo Valley with Buffalo Mountain and the Tobin Range beyond. The Fish Creek Range lies to the southwest and the Reese River Valley and Shoshone Range to the southeast.
Peaks Named peaks include: Peak Peak elevation CoordinatesCoordinates from GNIS search for each peak North Peak 40° 40′ 31″ N 117° 08′ 00″ W Antler Peak 40° 35′ 57″ N 117° 08′ 03″ W Long Peak 40° 37′ 08″ N 117° 06′ 08″ W Chessor Mountain 40° 31′ 59″ N 117° 06′ 09″ W Elephant Head 40° 36′ 42″ N 117° 01′ 09″ W
Mining in the Battle Mountains
The range has a long history of mining following the original discovery in 1866. The earliest mining was around the old mining camp of Copper Basin in Long Canyon which lies west of the current town of Battle Mountain. The Copper Basin area was the original location of the Battle Mountain mining camp which later moved to the current location on the Humboldt as a mining support town. To the southwest about in Galena Canyon, the mining camps of Bannock, Copper Canyon and Galena were later developed with the Bannock camp established in 1909. The area produced copper, gold, silver, antimony, lead, zinc, tungsten, molybdenum, arsenic, turquoise, and nickel.Joseph V. Tingley, Mining Districts of Nevada, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Report 47, 2nd ed., 1998, pp. 27-28 The Marigold Gold mine is located in the north end of the range.Infomine: Marigold
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