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Owyhee Mountains
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Highest point
Peak Hayden Peak (Owyhee County, Idaho)
Elevation 2,561 m (8,402 ft)
Dimensions
Length 40 mi (64 km) NNW-SSE
Geography
Owyhee Mountains is located in Idaho
Owyhee Mountains
Location in Idaho
Country United States
State Idaho, and Oregon
District Owyhee County, Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon
Range coordinates 42°58′51″N 116°39′31″W / 42.98083°N 116.65861°W / 42.98083; -116.65861
Parent range Owyhee Mountain Range
Topo map USGS Cinnabar Mountain

The Owyhee Mountains are a mountain range in Owyhee County, Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon.

Mahogany Mountain and the associated volcanic craters of the Lake Owyhee volcanic field are in the Owyhee Mountains of Oregon just east of the Owyhee Reservoir on the Owyhee River.

The southeastern end of the range including the old mining area west of Silver City is referred to as the Silver City Range. About 8.3 kilometres (5.2 mi) west of Silver City is the De Lamar ghost town in Jordan Creek below the mine workings on De Lamar Mountain to the south. The area was active in the late 1880s. In the 1970s mining began again with the development of open pit silvergold mines on De Lamar Mountain.

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