Looking northeast from top of volcanic neck east of La Bra de Los Cerros, Cabezon Peak (right) Sandoval County, New Mexico. 1930.
Dates
Date Taken
1930
Summary
Looking northeast from top of volcanic neck east of La Bra de Los Cerros, Cabezon Peak (right) is composed almost wholly of basalt. Cerro Chato (left) is mostly basaltic breccia. Road in foreground serves as scale for nearly buttes of Cretaceous shale. Sandoval County, New Mexico. 1930. Plate 12-B, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 189-B. 1938. Album caption: Hunt, 239. Sandoval Co., New Mexico [handwritten note: 1932] View from top of neck immediately east of La Abra de los Cerros ( T. 16 N., R. 3 W.). View N. along La Abra. Cabezon Peak (Right) is composed mostly of andesite. The other neck is composed mostly of breccia. Index card: 1932 Volcanic necks in the mesa country.
Summary
Looking northeast from top of volcanic neck east of La Bra de Los Cerros, Cabezon Peak (right) is composed almost wholly of basalt. Cerro Chato (left) is mostly basaltic breccia. Road in foreground serves as scale for nearly buttes of Cretaceous shale. Sandoval County, New Mexico. 1930. Plate 12-B, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 189-B. 1938.
Album caption: Hunt, 239. Sandoval Co., New Mexico [handwritten note: 1932] View from top of neck immediately east of La Abra de los Cerros ( T. 16 N., R. 3 W.). View N. along La Abra. Cabezon Peak (Right) is composed mostly of andesite. The other neck is composed mostly of breccia.
Index card: 1932 Volcanic necks in the mesa country.
Available in the U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Collection. Hunt, C.B. Collection.
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