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Spruce Mountain (Nevada)

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peaks in the state. The summit is at 10,267 feet (3,129 m). Spruce Mountain is on a northeast–southwest trending ridge with a parallel Spruce Ridge to the northwest. To the east, a low section of hills connects the mountain to the south end of the
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on the western slope of the mountain supported the mining activity and existed from 1868 through about 1900 and is now a
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passes the southwest end of the mountain. The peak is on public land administered by the
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360-degree panorama from the summit of Spruce Mountain
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A four-wheel drive road ascends directly to the summit
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Spruce Mountain viewed from the intersection of U.S. Highway 93 and Spruce Mountain Road
Elevation
 NAVD 88
Prominence
Coordinates
40°33′08″N 114°49′18″W / 40.552101286°N 114.821721172°W / 40.552101286; -114.821721172
Spruce Mountain is located in Nevada
Elko County
Nevada
Parent range
Pequop Mountains
Topo map
USGS
Easiest route
mountain
Elko County
Nevada
United States
topographically prominent
Pequop Mountains
US Route 93
Bureau of Land Management
copper
silver
lead
mining
Sprucemont
ghost town
Ralph Hartley
Spruce Mountain view

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