Beclabito Dome - Beclabito, NM - Places of Geologic Significance on Waymarking.com

Marker Erected by: New Mexico Official Scenic Historic Marker
Location of ZSite: US-64 (NM 504), Beclabito
County of Site: San Juan County
Marker Text:

BECLABITO DOME Colorful red rocks of Entrada Sandstone are domed up by deep seated igneous intrusions to be exposed by erosion. The same igneous activity created the Carrizo Mountains to the west. Uranium deposits in the Morrison Formation just above the Entrada created New Mexico's first uranium boom in the East Carrizos south of here in the 1950's. Elevation 5,600 feet.

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Neat view of the dome and the text: Where Eagles Fly

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