Editing Virginia Range

{{Distinguish|Virginia Mountains}}
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| photo_caption         = The Bullion Mine and mountain of the Virginia Range, [[Virginia City, Nevada|Virginia City]], Nevada.<br/>Photograph by [[Carleton Watkins]].
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The '''Virginia Range''' is a [[mountain range]] of western [[Nevada]], primarily within [[Storey County, Nevada|Storey County]], and extending east into [[Lyon County, Nevada|Lyon County]].  The range is named after James Finney, "Old Virginny", an early discoverer of gold associated with the [[Comstock Lode]].<ref name=Smith>Smith, G.H., 1943, The History of the Comstock Lode, 1850–1997, Reno: University of Nevada Press, {{ISBN|1888035048}}</ref>{{rp|5,13-14}}

==Geography==
The [[mountain range]] forms a portion of the drainage divide between the [[Truckee River]] (north) and the [[Carson River]] (south).<ref name=USGS>{{cite web |title=Boundary Descriptions and Names of Regions, Subregions, Accounting Units and Cataloging Units |url=http://water.usgs.gov/GIS/huc_name.html |publisher=USGS.gov |access-date=2010-10-21}}</ref>  [[Truckee Meadows]] and the [[Washoe Valley]] are to the west, and the [[Lahontan Valley]] is to the east. It is associated with the [[Flowery Range]].<ref name=vr/>

Several paths lead into the Virginia Range.<ref name=vr>{{cite web|url= http://www.summitpost.org/virginia-range/368626 |title=Virginia Range (NV)|date= November 8, 2015|access-date= November 6, 2016}}</ref> The highest peak is [[Mount Davidson (Nevada)|Mount Davidson]] at {{convert|7864|ft}}, near [[Virginia City, Nevada]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.summitpost.org/mount-davidson-nv/153745 |title=Mount Davidson (NV)|date= June 15, 2016|access-date= November 6, 2016}}</ref> Other nearby peaks are Mount Bullion at {{convert|7682|ft}}<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.summitpost.org/mount-bullion/763911 |title=Mount Bullion (NV)|date=  Sep 13, 2012|access-date= November 6, 2016}}</ref> and Ophir Hill at {{convert|7782|ft}}.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.summitpost.org/ophir-hill/374309 |title=Ophir Hill (NV)|date=  Jan 23, 2008 |access-date= November 6, 2016}}</ref>

==Flora==
[[Jeffrey Pine|Jeffrey pine (''Pinus jeffreyi'')]] is the dominant species at higher elevations. Other trees in the range include the [[Pinus monophylla|Single-leaf Pinyon Pine (''Pinus monophylla'')]] and [[Juniperus osteosperma|Utah Juniper (''Juniperus osteosperma'')]]. <!---as the generally southwest-northeast range has unusual mostly [[acidic]] [[soil]]s — most of Nevada is [[alkaline]]---{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}--->

==Mining history==
For the notable 1860s silver strike and mining town in the Virginia Range, see: 
*[[Comstock Lode]]
*[[Virginia City, Nevada]]
*[[Virginia City Historic District (Virginia City, Nevada)]]
*[[:Category:National Register of Historic Places in Storey County, Nevada|National Register of Historic Places in Storey County, Nevada]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/1042c/report.pdf Geology of the Virginia City Quadrangle, Nevada] by GEORGE A. THOMPSON, 1950
* [http://www.topozone.com/nevada/lyon-nv/range/virginia-range/ Topology map]

{{coord|39|29.5|N|119|33.1|W|type:mountain_region:US-NV|display=title}}<!-- From USGS Carson City, NV 30x60 Quad -->

[[Category:Mountain ranges of Nevada]]
[[Category:Mountain ranges of Storey County, Nevada]]
[[Category:Mountain ranges of Lyon County, Nevada]]
[[Category:Mountain ranges of the Great Basin]]
[[Category:Virginia City, Nevada]]