Granite Mountain (Arizona)
Granite Mountain | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 7,628 ft (2,325 m) NAVD 88[1] |
Prominence | 1,666 ft (508 m)[2] |
Coordinates | 34°38′16″N 112°33′13″W / 34.637905414°N 112.553481219°W[1] |
Naming | |
Native name | ʼWi:kvte:wa (Yavapai) |
Geography | |
Location | Yavapai County, Arizona, U.S. |
Parent range | Sierra Prieta |
Topo map | USGS Jerome Canyon |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Proterozoic |
Mountain type | Granite |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | rock climb |
Granite Mountain (Yavapai: ʼWi:kvte:wa) is a 7,628-foot (2,325 m) mountain located in Yavapai County, Arizona that covers roughly 12 square miles (31 km2). It was once known as Mount Gurley, for the first governor of the Arizona Territory, John A. Gurley.[3] Its southwest face has a sheer granite cliff approximately 500 feet (150 m) high that is one of the best locations for rock climbing in the state of Arizona. It is located in the Granite Mountain Wilderness, which is managed as a part of the Prescott National Forest. The mountain stands at the northern end of the Sierra Prietas, and borders Skull Valley on the west, on the northwest by the Santa Maria Mountains, and east by the Williamson Valley.[4]
Geology
Granite Mountain is composed of
The Mint Wash Granodiorite comprises the Mint Wash
These sedimentary, metasedimentary, and metavolcanic rocks were deposited, deformed, and intruded contemporaneously with the Paleoproterozoic
Ecology
The biotic communities at Granite Mountain range from montane conifer forest and juniper pinyon woodland, to interior chaparral. Granite Mountain is a nesting site for the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), and the climbing area on the south face is periodically closed to rock climbing, typically from February 1 until July 15 each year.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Granite". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
- ^ "Granite Mountain, Arizona". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
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- ^ ISBN 978-141132090-1
- ^ a b c d Spencer, J.E., and Young, J.J., 2012. Geologic map of the Jerome Canyon 7½' Quadrangle, Yavapai County, Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Digital Geologic Map DGM-94, version 1.0, scale 1:24,000.
- ^ Spencer, J.E., Pecha, M.E., Gehrels, G.E., Dickinson, W.R., Domanik, K.J. and Quade, J., 2016. Paleoproterozoic orogenesis and quartz-arenite deposition in the Little Chino Valley area, Yavapai tectonic province, central Arizona, USA. Geosphere, 12(6), pp. 1774–1794.
- ^ Karlstrom, K.E., Ilg, B.R., Hawkins, D., Williams, M.L., Dumond, G., Mahan, K. and Bowring, S.A., 2012. Vishnu basement rocks of the Upper Granite Gorge: Continent formation 1.84 to 1.66 billion years ago. in Grand Canyon Geology: Two Billion Years of Earth’s History: Geological Society of America Special Paper, 489, pp. 7–24.