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Place Name
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Sapphire Mountains
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Place Status (Type)
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mountain range
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Location
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Ravalli County, Montana (MT), United States, North America
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Latitude
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unknown
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Longitude
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unknown
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Sapphire Mountains
, range of Rocky Mts. in W Mont., rise SE of
Missoula and S of the Clark Fork; runs along Granite-Ravalli co. line,
extending N in to Missoula co.; extend S bet. Flint Creek (E), and
Bitterroot R. (W), to Anaconda Range. Elevations of
7,000 ft/2,134 m-9,000 ft/2,743 m.
Deposits of silver, sapphires, and phosphates. Skalkaho Pass
(c.7,250 ft/2,210 m), crossed by State Highway
38, is 20 mi/32 km E of Hamilton.
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