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The Lord of Minas Morgul wrote: Gen. Grievous1138 wrote: The Lord of Minas Morgul wrote: But wait, wouldn't that mean the Forodwaith mountains and the Gray Mountains should have mithril, too?

No, it does not.

Gen. Grievous1138 (admin) comlink 13:14, March 27, 2016 (UTC) Well, they are technically part of the same mountain chain, more so the Forodwaith mountains. The Misty Mountains were raised up by Morgoth to staunch the spread of Elves westwards (Well, Oromë eastwards aswell.). Sufficed to say, it slowed them down. But this also means that the Angmar mountains are connected, not a part of it - I'm fairly sure. Therefore, it's simply the fact that there was Mithril in the ground there, not that it was a mountain range. The mountain range has nothing to do with the formation of mithril - that's Aulë's job.