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The community is on U.S. Highway 95, 73 miles (117 km) north of Winnemucca.The elevation of McDermitt is 4,432 feet (1,351 m) above sea level. [2]McDermitt is in the Oregon High Desert with a desert climate (Köppen climate classification BSk), averaging 9.2 inches (230 mm) of rain annually with hot, dry summers and cold winters.
The McDermitt Caldera is a large, oval-shaped caldera west of McDermitt in southeastern Oregon and northern Nevada in the United States. It is about 28 miles (45 km) long north–south and 22 miles (35 km) wide east–west. [3] The western part of the caldera is in the Trout Creek Mountains, and the northern part is in the Oregon Canyon Mountains.
[4] [5] [13] The mine is a project of Lithium Nevada, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lithium Americas Corp. In late January 2023, car giant General Motors announced it would invest $650M in the mine project, giving GM exclusive access to the first phase of production.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is considering a move to declare rock collecting a form of mining, and Southern California rockhounds are not happy.
Three silicic calderas have been newly identified in northwest Nevada, west of the McDermitt volcanic field as well as the Virgin Valley Caldera. [3] These calderas, along with the Virgin Valley Caldera and McDermitt Caldera , are interpreted to have formed during a short interval 16.5–15.5 million years ago, in the waning stage of the Steens ...
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Near the Tri-Cities, rockhounding is popular along the Columbia River, Horse Heaven Hills, Saddle Mountains, Bickleton and the Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park. Rockhounding on WA DNR-managed land
The Trout Creek Mountains are in a very remote area of southeastern Oregon and northern Nevada, [5] in Harney and Humboldt counties. [2] [n 1] The nearest human settlements are the Whitehorse Ranch, about 20 miles (32 km) directly north from the middle of the mountains; Fields, Oregon, about 23 miles (37 km) to the northwest; Denio, Nevada, about 15 miles (24 km) to the west; and McDermitt ...