The selected location is:

Latitude/Longitude 40.4793°N, 117.7185°W ( 40°, 28', 45.5" N; 117°, 43', 6.6" W )
The legal description is: Nevada, Mt. Diablo Meridian T30N,R38E,sec17
UTM zone 11 (X,Y) 439100 , 4481205

The elevation is 1893 m ( 6210 ft )
The gradient is: 5.2 percent
The aspect direction is: 310.4 degrees or NW
The local roughness is: 4.5 or average
The location as decimal degrees (X,Y;Z) = -117.7185, 40.4793; 1893 m

The state and county are Nevada: Pershing County 32027
The HUC is Dixie Valley 16060001; Place point in HUC
The Omernik ecoregion is Northern Basin and Range (less typical) 13
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Nearby named places (in order by distance)

  1. Devils Elbow; Nevada: Pershing Co. -117.7185, 40.4793 at a distance of 4 m
  2. Home Creek head; -117.7107, 40.4813 at a distance of 701 m
  3. Wilder Creek head; -117.7460, 40.4746 at a distance of 2386 m
  4. Squaw Butte; Nevada: Pershing Co. -117.6807, 40.4716, ( 5828 ft ) at a distance of 3321 m
  5. Quick Silver Mine; Nevada: Pershing Co. -117.6788, 40.4763, ( 5600 ft ) at a distance of 3386 m
  6. Goldbanks Quicksilver Mine; Nevada: Pershing Co. -117.6760, 40.4777, ( 5640 ft ) at a distance of 3612 m
  7. Pronto Plata Mine; Nevada: Pershing Co. -117.7440, 40.5063 at a distance of 3695 m
  8. Table Mountain; Nevada: Pershing Co. -117.7552, 40.5030, ( 7387 ft ) at a distance of 4074 m
  9. Goldbanks Mining District; Nevada: Pershing Co. -117.6904, 40.4446 at a distance of 4532 m
  10. Sooner Creek head; -117.7607, 40.5046 at a distance of 4547 m

The 7.5 minute series topographic maps for that area

Lee Peak Leach Hot Springs Panther Canyon
Bartomes Spring Goldbanks Hills Mount Tobin
Granite Mountain Kennedy Canyon Needle Peak

This was request number 29781962
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