Volume 11 , Issue 24

Shiprock NM

Shiprock New Mexico Information: Shiprock, New Mexico is part of SAN JUAN Country. Population for Shiprock from the last gathering is 8156. Shiprock (elevation at 7178 ft), 12 miles southwest of Shiprock, New Mexico. Tertiary volcanic cones with a petrology similar to Shiprock occur on the flat-topped crest of the Chuska Mountains. The land surface at Shiprock is about 5500 ft, whereas the general elevation of the Chuskas is about 9000 ft; therefore some 3500 feet of erosion has taken place, and Shiprock provides a glimpse of a volcano's plumbing at that depth. Volcanic neck and Table Mesa, along Hwy 666, now renamed 491, 13 miles south of Shiprock, New Mexico. -- www.geology.wisc.edu/~maher/air/air03.htm   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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