page_title: Nightingale Mountains
hierarchical_section_title: Nightingale Mountains
caption_attribution_description: English: Gold Locality: Nightingale District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA (Locality at mindat.org) An AESTHETIC and SUPERB, arrow-like gold thumbnail of lustrous spinel-twinned gold crystals from the Nightingale District of Nevada. 2.0 x 0.7 x 0.4 cm Deutsch: Gold Fundort: Nightingale District, Pershing County, Nevada, Vereinigte Staaten (Fundort bei mindat.org)
context_page_description: The Nightingale Mountains are a north–south trending range located along the western border of Pershing County and extending into the northeastern corner of Washoe County. The range has a length of 32.2 km and a width of about 5.5 km. The highest peak has an elevation of 2,511 m which is 1,353 m above the elevation of the dry Winnemucca Lake bed at about 1,158 m.
  The site of Nightingale and its large tungsten mine are at the southern end of the east slope. The area also has deposits of arsenic and antimony ore which were mined during World War I and World War II.
  The Nightingale Mountains are named for Alanson W. Nightingill who was Captain of Company C during the 1860 Paiute War and later the first state controller of Nevada.
context_section_description: The Nightingale Mountains are a north–south trending range located along the western border of Pershing County and extending into the northeastern corner of Washoe County.  The range has a length of 32.2 km (20.0 mi) and a width of about 5.5 km (3.4 mi). The highest peak has an elevation of 2,511 m (8,238 ft) which is 1,353 m (4,439 ft) above the elevation of the dry Winnemucca Lake bed at about 1,158 m (3,799 ft).
  The site of Nightingale and its large tungsten mine (abandoned in the 1950s) are at the southern end of the east slope.  The area also has deposits of arsenic and antimony ore which were mined during World War I and World War II.
  The Nightingale Mountains are named for Alanson W. Nightingill who was Captain of Company C during the 1860 Paiute War and later the first state controller of Nevada.
caption: Cystalline gold from the Nightingale District
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