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Emory Pass Marker
Photographer: Bill Kirchner
Taken: November 5, 2010
Caption: Emory Pass Marker
Additional Description: New Mexico Official Scenic Historic Marker Emory Pass Crest of Black Range, at elevation 8.828 feet; uplifted range of Tertiary volcanic and Paleozoic sedimentary rocks bordering Rio Grande graben, in which rock layers are about 4 miles lower than at pass. Same rocks cap Caballo Mountains, seen 35 miles to east, on east side of Rio Grande trough.
Submitted: November 19, 2010, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona.
Database Locator Identification Number: p137249
File Size: 2.764 Megabytes

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