Black Mountain (Jeff Davis County, Texas)

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Black Mountain
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Southwest aspect, centered on horizon
Highest point
Elevation 7,546 ft (2,300 m) [1]
Prominence 1,404 ft (428 m) [1]
Parent peak Pine Peak (7,710 ft) [2]
Isolation 9.15 mi (14.73 km) [2]
Coordinates 30°43′21″N103°58′54″W / 30.7225628°N 103.9817569°W / 30.7225628; -103.9817569 [3]
Geography
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Black Mountain
Location of Black Mountain in Texas
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Black Mountain
Black Mountain (the United States)
CountryUnited States
State Texas
County Jeff Davis
Parent range Davis Mountains [1]
Topo map USGS Casket Mountain
Geology
Rock age 35 Ma (Eocene)
Rock type Igneous rock
Volcanic arc Trans-Pecos Volcanic Field

Black Mountain is a 7,546-foot-elevation (2,300-meter) summit in Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States.

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Description

Black Mountain is the ninth-highest peak in the Davis Mountains and it ranks as 21st-highest in the state of Texas. [1] [2] Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 2,000 feet (610 m) above Big Aguja Canyon in 1.25 mile (2 km). The mountain is composed of 35 million-year-old igneous rock. [4] Based on the Köppen climate classification, Black Mountain is located in a semi-arid climate zone with hot summers and cold winters. [5] This climate supports Douglas fir, aspen, Arizona cypress, maple, ponderosa pine, and madrone growing on the slopes. [6] Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into the Pecos River watershed. [1] The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names, [3] and has been reported in publications since at least 1902. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Black Mountain, Texas". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
  2. 1 2 3 "Black Mountain - 7,544' TX". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
  3. 1 2 "Black Mountain". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2024-11-23.
  4. ↑ Geologic map of central Davis Mountains, Jeff Davis County, Texas, Jay Earl Anderson Jr, University of Texas at Austin. Bureau of Economic Geology, 1968.
  5. ↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN   1027-5606.
  6. ↑ Black Mountain (Jeff Davis County), Texas State Historical Association, Retrieved 2024-11-23.
  7. ↑ A Gazetteer of Texas, Henry Gannett, 1902, U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 29.
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