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Grouse Mountain (New Mexico)

Coordinates: 33°19′43″N 108°42′59″W / 33.32861°N 108.71639°W / 33.32861; -108.71639 (Grouse Mountain)
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Grouse Mountain
Grouse Mountain is located in New Mexico
Grouse Mountain
Grouse Mountain
Catron County, New Mexico, United States
Grouse Mountain is located in the United States
Grouse Mountain
Grouse Mountain
Grouse Mountain (the United States)
Highest point
Elevation10,145 ft (3,092 m)[1]
Prominence615 ft (187 m)[2]
Isolation2.37 mi (3.81 km)
to Willow Mountain[2]
Coordinates33°19′43″N 108°42′59″W / 33.32861°N 108.71639°W / 33.32861; -108.71639 (Grouse Mountain)[1]
Geography
LocationCatron County, New Mexico, United States
Parent rangeMogollon Mountains[3]
Topo mapUSGS Grouse Mountain
Geology
Rock age(s)Tertiary, between 66 and 2.6 million years ago[4]
Rock type(s)Datil Formation, undifferentiated rhyolite [4]
Volcanic regionMogollon-Datil volcanic field, Bursum Caldera[4]

Grouse Mountain is located in the Gila Wilderness in Catron County, New Mexico. [5] Grouse Mountain is found in the Mogollon Mountains. For New Mexico, Grouse Mountain is ranked the 198th highest peak, and 619th by prominence.[6]

Grouse Mountain is 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Mogollon, New Mexico and can be accessed via the Holt Apache Trial.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Grouse Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 13, 1980. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Grouse Mountain, New Mexico". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Mogollon Mountains". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "Reconnaissance geologic map of Mogollon thirty-minute quadrangle". New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources. 1959. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  5. ^ a b "topoView". National Geologic Map Database project (NGMDB). Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Grouse Mountain NM". Retrieved 13 April 2023.