The Wah Wah Mountains are a north-south trending range in Iron , Beaver , and Millard counties in west-central Utah , United States part of the larger Basin and Range Province .
17-600: The range is bounded by Pine Valley to the west, Wah Wah Valley to the east, the Escalante Desert to the south, and on trend with the Confusion Range to the north. The Wah Wah Mountains are located in Beaver and Millard counties. State Route 21 bisects the range, crossing over Wah Wah Summit at about 6,500 feet (1,980 m) above sea level. Elevations range from about 6,000 feet (1,800 m) at
34-515: A 12-mile (19 km) long Desert Biosphere Reserve and Experimental Station . The southern stretch of the Tunnel Springs Mountains is in the experimental station. Pine Valley is about a 50-mile (80 km) long valley. The valley narrows in the south to about 3 miles (4.8 km) wide, where Pine Valley Wash originates. The valley is a north-south valley, but the southern 10 miles (16 km) turns southeasterly, paralleling
51-547: A mountain ridgeline stretch of the Indian Springs Range bordered to the west. The south terminus of Pine Valley is at the merge point of the southeast Indian Springs and Wah Wah Mountains . Steamboat Mountain, 8,588 feet (2,618 m), is west, south of the Indian Springs, but a northeasterly stretch of peaks, ridges, and hills form the southern border of the two ranges. The northeast mountainous stretch
68-480: A north-south trending range in Iron , Beaver , and Millard counties in west-central Utah , United States part of the larger Basin and Range Province . The range is bounded by Pine Valley to the west, Wah Wah Valley to the east, the Escalante Desert to the south, and on trend with the Confusion Range to the north. The Wah Wah Mountains are located in Beaver and Millard counties. State Route 21 bisects
85-511: Is also a part of the northwest border of the Escalante Desert , which lies below at lower elevations. The north terminus of Pine Valley also narrows; here, the Tunnel Springs Mountains are the west border, and a lower stretch of mountains and hills trend northwest from the north Wah Wah Mountains to form the eastern border. The center of Pine Valley has a 7-mile (11 km) long alluvial fan that trends northeasterly off
102-479: The Escalante Desert . The paved route section ends at the north at its intersection with Utah State Route 21 (SR‑21). A local road section of Pine Valley Road transits north from SR‑21, a due-north, straight stretch that borders the east of the Desert Biosphere Reserve and Experimental Station , traverses the west of north Pine Valley, adjacent to its terminus, and also crosses the east flank of
119-553: The alluvial fan washes southwest, Pine Valley Wash, south, and other washes from the east and southeast (Wah Wah Mtns). The low point of the valley is probably Pine Valley Hardpan or the Pine Valley Wash sinks. The paved highway, Pine Valley Road, traverses from the south Pine Valley terminus to its north center, east of Five Points . The highway starts at Lund at the south of the Wah Wah Mountains , and in
136-598: The center and southeast flank of the Mountain Home Range . The center of the valley has CCC Reservoir (south, about the north-south valley center); the center-north contains Cow Camp Well and Electric Fence Reservoir. Cow Camp and Electric Fence are in the sinks region at the north terminus of Pine Valley Wash. Adjacent just north are the Pine Valley Hardpan, which has washes feeding it from the northwest (Tunnel Springs Mtns), and northeast; and from
153-533: The eastern flank of the range. A series of thrust faults cut through the sedimentary rocks in the southern end of the range. It is notable as the only known source of a rare red beryl gemstone, which is mined commercially. Perhaps, the most famous geologic feature is Crystal Peak , in the northern part of the range (near the pass between the Wah Wah Mountains and the Confusion Range). It
170-437: The land within the Wah Wah Mountains, has designated two wilderness study areas , one in the north and one in the central portion of the range. The Wah Wah Mountains are made up of Neoproterozoic - to Paleozoic -aged sedimentary rocks ( limestone , dolomite , shale , and sandstone metamorphized into quartzite ), overlain by younger Tertiary volcanic rocks ( basalt , andesite , dacite , rhyolite , and tuff ) on
187-413: The mountain front to 9,393 feet (2,863 m) in the southern Wah Wahs. The "Wah Wah" name comes from Wah Wah Springs, on the eastern slope of the mountain range. "Wah Wah" is reported to mean "good clear water". The Bureau of Land Management , which administers most of the land within the Wah Wah Mountains, has designated two wilderness study areas , one in the north and one in the central portion of
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#1732773125388204-430: The range, crossing over Wah Wah Summit at about 6,500 feet (1,980 m) above sea level. Elevations range from about 6,000 feet (1,800 m) at the mountain front to 9,393 feet (2,863 m) in the southern Wah Wahs. The "Wah Wah" name comes from Wah Wah Springs, on the eastern slope of the mountain range. "Wah Wah" is reported to mean "good clear water". The Bureau of Land Management , which administers most of
221-399: The range. The Wah Wah Mountains are made up of Neoproterozoic - to Paleozoic -aged sedimentary rocks ( limestone , dolomite , shale , and sandstone metamorphized into quartzite ), overlain by younger Tertiary volcanic rocks ( basalt , andesite , dacite , rhyolite , and tuff ) on the eastern flank of the range. A series of thrust faults cut through the sedimentary rocks in
238-460: The site of a massive supervolcano eruption 30 million years ago that ejected more than 5,900 cubic kilometers of material. An additional reference to the geology of the range is the map by Hintze and Davis. [REDACTED] Media related to Wah Wah Mountains at Wikimedia Commons Pine Valley (Beaver, Millard, Iron counties, Utah) Pine Valley is a 50-mile (80 km) long valley in southwestern Utah , United States. Most of
255-683: The small Tunnel Springs Mountains . The road terminates further north at the east-west stretch of U.S. Route 6 U.S. Route 50 . Pine Valley Road also dissects the Pine Valley Hardpan; the west section of the hardpan is in the Desert Range Experimental Station. State Route 21 northwest, from Garrison crosses the central-north section of Pine Valley; the route transits east to Milford , about 40 miles (64 km) distant. Numerous unimproved roads access surrounding mountain foothills and many mountain canyons or washes. Wah Wah Mountains The Wah Wah Mountains are
272-443: The southern end of the range. It is notable as the only known source of a rare red beryl gemstone, which is mined commercially. Perhaps, the most famous geologic feature is Crystal Peak , in the northern part of the range (near the pass between the Wah Wah Mountains and the Confusion Range). It is an erosional remnant of a Paleogene rhyolite tuff that has abundant doubly terminated crystals of quartz. The Wah Wah Mountains were
289-434: The valley lies in western Beaver and Millard counties; the extreme south of the valley arises in two mountain range regions in northwestern Iron County . The valley is endorheic , with a north-flowing Pine Valley Wash that ends in sinks. At about seven miles north of the sinks region, in a north valley area, lies the Pine Valley Hardpan, about 4 miles (6.4 km) long, east-west. The northwest of Pine Valley contains
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