Oquirrh Mountains

Oquirrh Mountains

▪ mountains, Utah, United States
also called  Oquirrh Range 

      mountain range that extends about 30 miles (50 km) southward from the southern end of the Great Salt Lake, Utah, U.S., overlooking the Tooele and Salt Lake valleys. The mountains take their name from a Goshute Indian word meaning “wooded mountain.” The tallest point is Lewiston Peak (10,676 feet [3,254 metres]). The range has been the centre of a thriving mining and minerals production industry for more than a century; the value of the minerals taken from the range has been estimated to far exceed the combined value of those taken in the California, Nevada, and Klondike gold and silver rushes.

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