Diamond Mountains (California)

{{Short description|Mountain range in California, United States}}

{{about|the California mountain range|the Nevada range|Diamond Mountains}}

{{use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Diamond Mountains

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| country = United States

| state = California

| region = northern Sierra Crest

| district_type = County

| district = Plumas County

| topo_map = Janesville

| topo_maker = USGS

| range = Sierra Nevada (U.S.)

| border = SW of Honey Lake Valley{{cite book |title=California's Geographic Names |author=David L. Durham |publisher=Word Dancer Press |date=1998}}

| highest = Adams Peak {{Citation needed|reason=MountainZone.com says Thompson Peak is 7749 ft, but that Diamond Mountains are only 7687 ft|date=September 2010}}

| elevation_ft = 8199

| elevation_ref = [http://www.mountainzone.com/mountains/detail.asp?fid=745545]

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| geology = Granitic

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| access = [http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.aspx?trailid=BGS135-086 Diamond Mountain Trail]

| map = USA California

| map_relief = yes

| map_size = 220

| map_caption = Location of Thompson Peak in the Diamond Mountains

| range_coordinates = {{coord|40|15|40.630|N|120|33|26.804|W|type:mountain_scale:300000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| range_coordinates_ref = {{cite web |url=https://www.mountainzone.com/mountains/california/plumas-ca/range/diamond-mountains/ |title=Diamond Mountains, Plumas County CA |website=MountainZone |access-date=2022-10-07}}

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The Diamond Mountains is a mountain range in Lassen and Plumas counties, California, one of the northeasternmost portions of the Sierra Nevada.{{cite gnis |id=1659718 |name=Diamond Mountains |accessdate=2009-05-04}}
- {{Cite web |title=Diamond Mountains |url=https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/regions/Pacific_Southwest/DiamondMountains/index.shtml |publisher=US Forest Service}}
- {{Cite web |title=Diamond Mountain District |url=https://westernmininghistory.com/library/257/page1/ |website=Western Mining History}}
- {{Cite journal |last=Diller |first=J.S. |date=1908 |title=Geology of the Taylorsville Region, California |journal=USGS |volume=Bulletin 354 |pages=9, 10}}