Fossil Mountain is a 6,729-foot-elevation summit located in the Western Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, Southwestern United States. It is situated ~1.5 miles due east of Mount Huethawali, about 1.0 miles southeast of the Grand Scenic Divide, and 1.0 mi west of Havasupai Point.
The Fossil Mountain prominence is a massif-remainder cliff of Kaibab Limestone, and stands above a tableland of the South Rim, a forested plateau of Kaibab Limestone.
| Fossil Mountain (Grand Canyon) | |
|---|---|
.jpg) (Havasupai Point, adjacent to Fossil Mountain) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 6,729 ft (2,051 m)[1] |
| Prominence | 309 ft (94 m)[1] |
| Parent peak | Havasupai Point (6,820 ft)[2] |
| Isolation | 0.61 mi (0.98 km)[2] |
| Coordinates | 36°11′26″N 112°21′39″W / 36.1904265°N 112.3608256°W[3] |
| Geography | |
  Fossil.Mountain Location in Arizona  Fossil.Mountain Fossil.Mountain (the United States) | |
| Location | Grand Canyon National Park Coconino County, Arizona, US |
| Parent range | Coconino Plateau[1] Colorado Plateau |
| Topo map | USGS Explorers Monument |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | sedimentary rock: limestone, sandstone, siltstone, mudstone, shale |
| Type of rock | the most common top 4 rock units in Grand Canyon-(relatively large thicknesses as in most of West Grand Canyon) and Kaibab Limestone-(prominence cliff), Toroweap Formation, Coconino Sandstone-(massive basement-cliff), Hermit Formation-(shale) |
Geology edit
Photos of the Fossil Mountain prominence, a large cliff of Kaibab Limestone, can be seen at Summitpost.[4] The southwest slope of Fossil Mountain is a highly vegetated (trees), and high angle slope to the prominence.
Below the ~350 ft cliff of Kaibab Limestone is about ~250 ft of vegetated slope-forming Toroweap Formation. The Toroweap sits upon a ~500 cliff-formed, Coconino Sandstone, very vertical, and uneroded, (northeast face of Fossil Mountain, overlooking the canyon). The Coconino sits on large slopes of vegetated Hermit Formation.
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References edit
- ^ a b c "Fossil Mountain, Arizona". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
- ^ a b "Fossil Mountain – 6,729' AZ". Lists of John. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fossil Mountain
- ^ (2 photos, Summitpost) [1]
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