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The Franklin Mountains of Texas (Spanish: Sierras de los Mansos [1]) are a small range 23 miles (37 km) long, 3 miles (5 km) wide that extend from El Paso, Texas, north into New Mexico. [2] The Franklins were formed due to crustal extension related to the Cenozoic Rio Grande rift .
Franklin Mountains State Park is a state park in El Paso, Texas, United States. The park is named after the Franklin Mountains, a mountainous range that extends 23 mi (37 km) from El Paso to New Mexico. Its headquarters are located at an elevation of 5,426 feet (1,654 m) with the highest peak, North Franklin Mountain, reaching 7,192 feet (2,192 ...
North Franklin Mountain (or North Franklin Peak) is a mountain in the Franklin Mountains of El Paso, Texas, located in the Southwestern United States. North Franklin, at 7,192 feet (2,192 m), is the highest point in El Paso, and the 27th-highest mountain in the state of Texas. [2] Surrounded by a state park and with a maintained trail leading ...
Castner Range National Monument is a national monument in El Paso County, Texas, that covers 6,672 acres (27 km 2) of the Franklin Mountains. It was established by President Joe Biden on March 21, 2023. [1] [2] The monument, a former weapons testing range, is part of Fort Bliss and is managed by the U.S. Army as the only land conservation ...
El Paso Formation forms the lowest part of the massive limestone beds atop Timber Mountain, New Mexico, USA. The formation is composed of gray cherty dolomite, limestone, and smaller amounts of siltstone. [4] The formation often has a mottled appearance. [5]
The Organ Mountains are near the southern end of a long line of mountains on the east side of the Rio Grande's rift valley.The range is nearly contiguous with the San Andres Mountains to the north and the Franklin Mountains to the south, but is very different geologically: whereas the San Andres and Franklin Mountains are both formed from west-dipping fault blocks of mostly sedimentary strata ...
January 13, 2021. Designated TSHS. June 12, 1969. Hueco Tanks is an area of low mountains and historic site in El Paso County, Texas, in the United States. It is located in a high-altitude desert basin between the Franklin Mountains to the west and the Hueco Mountains to the east. Hueco is a Spanish word meaning hollows and refers to the many ...
Montoya Group. / 32.8519; -105.8652. The Montoya Group is a group of geologic formations in westernmost Texas and southern New Mexico. It preserves fossils dating back to the late Ordovician period.