Selenite Range

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| name = Selenite Range

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| country = United States

| state = Nevada

| region = Black Rock Desert

| district = Pershing County

| topo_map = Empire

| topo_maker = USGS

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| range_coordinates = {{coord|40|32|3|N|119|15|44|W|type:mountain_scale:300000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| highest = Kumiva Peak

| elevation_m = 2511

| coordinates = {{coord|40|24.37|N|119|15.79|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline}}

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| map = Nevada

| map_caption = location of Selenite Range in Nevada{{cite gnis|id=858177|name=Selenite Range|accessdate=2009-05-04}}

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The Selenite Range is a mountain range in western Pershing County, Nevada. The range is a north–south trending feature approximately {{convert|27|mi}} long and {{convert|4|mi}} wide.

The Fox Range lies to the west across the San Emidio Desert valley and the south end of the Black Rock Desert playa. Gerlach and Empire are two communities on the foothills and just to the northwest of the range. These communities supported the gypsum mines in the range during their active period. The large Empire gypsum quarry lies just west of Luxor Peak at 40° 30' N; 119° 18' W just {{convert|1.2|mi|abbr=on}} northwest of Kumiva Peak.Empire, NV 7.5 minute quadrangle, USGS, 1990Kumiva Peak, NV 7.5 minute quadrangle, USGS, 1990 The range was named for deposits of selenite, a variety of gypsum.{{cite book | url=http://dwgateway.library.unr.edu/keck/histtopoNV/Origin_of_Place_Names_Files/1941NevadaOriginofNames-pt2.pdf | title=Origin of Place Names: Nevada | publisher=W.P.A. | author=Federal Writers' Project | year=1941 | pages=65}}

Named Peaks in the range from north to south include: Selenite Peak, {{convert|7115|ft|abbr=on}}; Luxor Peak, {{convert|7420|ft|abbr=on}}; Kumiva Peak, {{convert|8238|ft|abbr=on}}; Purgatory Peak, {{convert|7417|ft|abbr=on}}; and Mt. Limbo, {{convert|7312|ft|abbr=on}}.Purgatory Peak, NV 7.5 min. quadrangle, USGS, 1990