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.

[2][3] The range was named for deposits of selenite, a variety of gypsum.

This Pershing County, Nevada state location article is a stub.