Beclabito Dome - Beclabito, NM
Posted by: YoSam.
N 36° 49.863 W 109° 00.889
12S E 677033 N 4077969
Baclabito, or Navajo Name is Bitl''aa bito (Water Beneath), is a pink sandstone mounds (peak) that really stands out.
Waymark Code: WMJKMF
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 11/30/2013
Views: 4
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.
In Navajo: Where It All Started
Best view I have ever seen of the Dome: Flicker Photo
Another satellite view: SatelliteViews.net
5 minute U-Tube view of whole area: Ravis Begay