<b>Gold Mountain</b>, Esmeralda County, Nevada.

Eastern Mojave Vegetation

Gold Mountain, Esmeralda County, Nevada.

Gazetteer Query: G.N.I.S. See also: Gold Point.
	Thomas Shaw named peak when he found gold on north slope of mtn in 1864. Carl A.Purpus collected the type of Gilia ophthalmoides on Gold Mountain. Gold Mountain is about 7½ miles south of Gold Point, Esmeralda County, Nevada. Elevation: 8150ft, 2484m. Articles that refer to this location: Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Notes on Gilia ophthalmoides, Brand, 1907; Literature Referring To This Location: Brand, A. 1907. IV. 250 Polemoniaceae. pp. Heft 27 in Engler, Adolf. Das Pflanzenreich :regni vegetablilis conspectus. 27(1-203). Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1907. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/250
	No collections made at this location.
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