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Las Guijas Mountains : ウィキペディア英語版 | Las Guijas Mountains
The Las Guijas Mountains are a small northwest - southeast trending mountain range in southern Pima County, Arizona. The range is approximately long by .〔''Sells, Arizona-Sonora,'' 30x60 topographic quadrangle, USGS, 1994〕 Surrounding ranges includes the Cerro Colorado Mountains to the northeast, the Tumacacori Mountains of Santa Cruz County to the east, the San Luis Mountains to the south and the Baboquivari Mountains across the Altar Valley to the west. Arivaca is immediately to the southeast and the old mining townsite of Las Guijas is in the wash just north of the range.〔 The highest peak of the range with elevation of lies northwest of Arivaca which is at . Las Guijas Peak at lies just 4500 feet south of the highest.〔''Cerro Colorado, Arizona,'' 7.5 minute quad., USGS, 1979〕〔''Arivaca, Arizona,'' 7.5 minute quad., USGS, 1996〕〔''Las Guijas, Arizona,'' 7.5 minute quad., USGS, 1979〕 ==Name== The name of the range came from 19th century Spanish miners referring to ''las guijas'' for ''the rubble'' as the placer gold they were working occurred in the gravels or conglomerates along the stream valleys and gulches draining the range.〔Johnson, Maureen G., ''Placer Gold Deposits of Arizona,'' US Geological Survey Bulletin 1355, 1972, p. 38〕
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