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The highest point of Black Mesa within New Mexico is 5,239 feet (1,597 m). [2] In northwestern Cimarron County, Oklahoma, Black Mesa reaches 4,973 feet (1,516 m), the highest point in the state of Oklahoma. [2] The plateau that formed at the top of the mesa has been known as a "geological wonder" of North America. [3]
The geology of Oklahoma is characterized by Carboniferous rocks in the east, Permian rocks in the center and towards the west, and a cover of Tertiary deposits in the panhandle to the west. The panhandle of Oklahoma is also noted for its Jurassic rocks as well.
Basins of the Rio Grande Rift Map of physiographic provinces of New Mexico. New Mexico is entirely landbound, with just 0.2% of the state covered with water, [1] and most of the state has an arid to semiarid climate. [2] Much of the state is mountainous, except for the easternmost Great Plains region. [3]
The Baldy Hill Formation is a geologic formation in northeastern New Mexico and western Oklahoma.
The Travesser Formation is a geologic formation in northeastern New Mexico, southeastern Colorado, westernmost Oklahoma, and northwestern Texas, [1] particularly in the Dry Cimarron valley. [2] It preserves fossils dating back to the late Triassic period. [1]
New Mexico Geological Society Field Conference Series. 38: 127–138; Scott, G.R. (1986). "Geologic and structure contour map of the Springer 30' x 60' quadrangle, Colfax, Harding, Mora, and Union Counties, New Mexico". U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map. I-1705
The Mesa Rica Sandstone consists of crossbedded white to buff sandstone.The sandstone is massive and medium- to coarse-grained. It is a very mature sandstone, consisting of almost pure quartz and kaolin, which may reflect its provenance as reworked sediments of the Morrison Formation, or may be due to a slow rate of deposition that permitted meteoric water (water originating as rain or snow ...
The Graneros Shale is a geologic formation in the United States identified in the Great Plains as well as New Mexico that dates to the Cenomanian Age of the Cretaceous Period. [1] It is defined as the finely sandy argillaceous or clayey near-shore/marginal-marine shale that lies above the older, non-marine Dakota sand and mud, but below the ...