The Hot Springs Artesian Basin is a geological formation and thermal water aquifer located in the floodplain of the Rio Grande , in Sierra County, New Mexico .
7-653: The rocks that make up the Hot Springs Artesian Basin and the surrounding the basin area include igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. These range in age from the Pre-Cambrian (granite and shists) to the recent period. The major structural features mainly formed during early Tertiary igneous activity when andesite, latite and rhyolite was extruded to form the Black Range and the San Mateo Mountains in
14-518: Is McKnight Mountain . The Black Range lies almost entirely within the Gila National Forest . The Mimbres River originates from the mountain snowpack . The Mimbres Mountains, the southernmost part of the range, are usually included as part of the Black Range. Access to the range is primarily via New Mexico State Road 152 (NM 152), which crosses the Black Range on its way from Kingston on
21-528: Is an igneous mountain range running north–south in Sierra , Grant , and Catron counties in southwest New Mexico , in the Southwestern United States . The range's central ridge forms the western and eastern borders, respectively, of the two counties through much of their contact. The range is about 55 miles (88 km) long from north to south and up to 18 miles (29 km) wide. The highest point
28-513: Is very difficult to traverse and almost entirely undeveloped. The Aldo Leopold Wilderness , 202,016 acres (81,753 ha) in size, lies along the crest of the Black Range north of NM 152. The southern portion of the Black Range, which are also known as the Mimbres Mountains, was occupied by the Mimbres people whose culture peaked about 1000 C.E. and ended about 1150 C.E. Their most famous site
35-497: The Oligocene time. The thermal springs in the basin are located within the city of Truth or Consequences (formerly Hot Springs), New Mexico; temperatures of these hot springs range from 98°F to 114°F. The water table at Hot Springs Artesian Basin slopes downward 9 feet over a half mile, from 4,239 feet in elevation where the alluvium in the aquifer coincides with the piezometric surface at limestone hill, sloping downward to 4,230 feet at
42-407: The east towards San Lorenzo on the west. NM 152 crosses the range at 8,228-foot (2,508 m) Emory Pass, where there is a hiking trail that covers the entire length of the mountains along the central ridge. There are also a number of campgrounds, some with hiking trails, along NM 152 as it goes down Iron Canyon on the west side of the range. With the exception of the areas along NM 152, most of the range
49-505: The granite bluff base where the alluvium extrudes. Some of the water flowing down the slope is intercepted by sumps and drains, however most of it discharges in the Rio Grande. This article about a specific United States geological feature is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Black Range The Black Range (also called the Devil's Mountains or Sierra Diablo )
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