Mountain Home Range
Encyclopedia
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.
The highest peak in the range, known simply as the 'Needle benchmark' 38.489951°N 113.958074°W, is 9480 feet (2,889.5 m) tall.
The range is very uncommonly used by humans, and is more known for wildlife and wild horses.
carbonate rock
s 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
. The southern part of the range is made of mid-Tertiary
ignimbrite
s from the Indian Peak Caldera Complex.
Beaver County, Utah
As of the census of 2010, there were 6,629 people, 2,265 households, and 1,697 families residing in the county. The population density was 2.56 people per square mile . There were 2,908 housing units at an average density of 1.12 per square mile...
in southwest Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
, United States
Western United States
.The Western United States, commonly referred to as the American West or simply "the West," traditionally refers to the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States. Because the U.S. expanded westward after its founding, the meaning of the West has evolved over time...
. It is part of the Basin and Range Province. It is bound by Hamlin Valley to the west, Snake Valley
Snake Valley (Utah)
Snake Valley is a north-south trending valley that straddles the Nevada Utah border in the central Great Basin. It is bound by the Snake Range and the Deep Creek Mountains to the west and the Confusion Range to the east...
(part of this area known as Antelope Valley
Antelope Valley (Millard County)
The Antelope Valley of southwest Millard County, Utah is a small long valley, adjacent the Ferguson Desert and southwest of Sevier Lake. The valley is just east of the Nevada border, with Snake Valley and the Burbank Hills...
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.
The highest peak in the range, known simply as the 'Needle benchmark' 38.489951°N 113.958074°W, is 9480 feet (2,889.5 m) tall.
The range is very uncommonly used by humans, and is more known for wildlife and wild horses.
Geology
The northern part of the range is made of PaleozoicPaleozoic
The Paleozoic era is the earliest of three geologic eras of the Phanerozoic eon, spanning from roughly...
carbonate rock
Carbonate rock
Carbonate rocks are a class of sedimentary rocks composed primarily of carbonate minerals. The two major types are limestone, which is composed of calcite or aragonite and dolostone, which is composed of the mineral dolomite .Calcite can be either dissolved by groundwater or precipitated by...
s which are part of a long structural trend of rocks that go through the Burbank Hills
Burbank Hills
The Burbank Hills is a small northwest-southeast mountain range in western Utah that lies entirely within Hamlin-Snake Watershed between the Snake Range and, to the northeast and east, the Ferguson Desert. It is bounded by Snake Valley to the north, west, and south; and trends into the Tunnel...
, Conger Range, and Confusion Range
Confusion Range
The Confusion Range is a north-south trending mountain range in west-central Utah. It is bounded by Snake Valley to the west, Tule Valley to the east, the Great Salt Lake Desert to the north, and the Ferguson Desert to the south. The range trends into the Burbank Hills, Mountain Home Range, and...
. This is highlighted by a massive (30 by 50 mile) syncline
Syncline
In structural geology, a syncline is a fold, with younger layers closer to the center of the structure. A synclinorium is a large syncline with superimposed smaller folds. Synclines are typically a downward fold, termed a synformal syncline In structural geology, a syncline is a fold, with younger...
. The southern part of the range is made of mid-Tertiary
Tertiary
The Tertiary is a deprecated term for a geologic period 65 million to 2.6 million years ago. The Tertiary covered the time span between the superseded Secondary period and the Quaternary...
ignimbrite
Ignimbrite
An ignimbrite is the deposit of a pyroclastic density current, or pyroclastic flow, a hot suspension of particles and gases that flows rapidly from a volcano, driven by a greater density than the surrounding atmosphere....
s from the Indian Peak Caldera Complex.