Basin and Range Country
Posted by: YoSam.
N 32° 13.490 W 108° 07.381
12S E 771130 N 3568988
Early morning sunrise, and standing alone in the desert and looking at the fault block mountains scattered around. Magnificent.
Waymark Code: WM5XQT
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 02/26/2009
Views: 14
Marker Erected by: New Mexico Official Scenic Historic Marker
Location of Marker: I-10 westbound rest area, 5 miles W. of Gage
Marker Text:
BASIN AND RANGE COUNTRY
Basin and Range province of southeast New Mexico is of broad alluvial plains from which isolated fault block mountains rise like islands in a sandy sea. Indigenous peoples have used both the basin and range in their seasonal cycle. The Victorio Mountains to the South yield zinc, silver, gold, cooper, lead, and tungsten.