Mount Irish Range

{{Short description|Mountain range in Lincoln County, Nevada}}

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| photo = Basin and Range Mt. Irish (22496852455).jpg

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| country = United States

| state = Nevada

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| district = Lincoln County

| topo_map = Timpahute Range, Nevada 30x60
Pahranagat Range, Nevada 30x60

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| range_coordinates = {{coord|37|38.70|N|115|24.08|W|type:mountain_scale:300000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| highest = Mount Irish

| elevation_m = 2665

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| map_caption = location of Mount Irish Range in Nevada{{cite gnis|id=845924|name=Mount Irish Range|accessdate=2009-05-04}}

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The Mount Irish Range is a mountain range in Lincoln County, Nevada. The range is bounded by the Coal Valley to the north, the Pahranagat Valley to the east, the Tikaboo Valley to the southwest and the Wild Horse Valley to the northwest. Surrounding ranges include the Seaman Range and Hiko Range to the east, the Pahranagat Range and East Pahranagat Range to the south and south east, the Groom Range to the southwest, the Timpahute Range to the west and the Golden Gate Range across Murphy Gap to the northwest.{{cite map|author=USGS|title=Timpahute Range, Nevada|series=30x60 Topographic Quadrangle|year=1985}}{{cite map|author=USGS|title=Pahranagat Range, Nevada|series=30x60 Topographic Quadrangle|year=1988}}

Silver was mined on the east flank of Mount Irish along Silver Canyon just north of the ghost town of Logan in the 1860s and 1870s.{{cite web|url=http://nvghosttowns.topcities.com/lincoln/linclst.htm|title=Lincoln County Ghost Towns|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020605221853/http://nvghosttowns.topcities.com/lincoln/linclst.htm |archivedate=2002-06-05|url-status=dead}} The ghost town of Crystal Springs also populated during this time lies about {{convert|7|mi}} to the east at the intersection of US Route 93, Nevada Route 318 and Nevada Route 375. The community of Hiko lies five miles north of Crystal Springs on Route 318. Route 375 crosses the extreme south end of the range at Hancock Summit.

{{anchor|Mount Irish Wilderness}}

The Mount Irish Wilderness lies to the south of Mount Irish and consists of 28,274 acres of the range. Designated by the U.S. Congress in 2004, the area is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Elevations range from 4,800 feet (1463 m) to 7,504 feet (2287 m).{{cite web|url=https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=676#general|title=Mt. Irish Wilderness|publisher=Wilderness Connect}}

The Mount Irish Archaeological District consists of four sites on Logan Canyon Road just to the east of the old Logan townsite and just north of the Mount Irish Wilderness Area boundary.{{cite web|url=https://www.birdandhike.com/Hike/BasinRange/Mt_Irish/_Mt_Irish.htm|title=Mount Irish Archaeological District map|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713195449/http://www.birdandhike.com/Glyphs/LincolnCo/Mt_Irish/_Mt_Irish.htm|archivedate=2015-07-13|url-status=dead}}