Picuris Mountains
The Picuris Mountains are a mountain range in northern New Mexico. They are considered a subrange of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.[1] The mountains are located to the east of Dixon and surround Picuris Pueblo to the west, north, and east.
| Picuris Mountains | |
|---|---|
 Picuris Mountains north of Picuris Pueblo, New Mexico | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | 10,801 ft (3,292 m), Picuris Peak |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 15 mi (24 km) east-west |
| Width | 10 mi (16 km) north-south |
| Naming | |
| Etymology | Keres Pee-koo-ree-a, "those who paint"[1] |
| Geography | |
  | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| Range coordinates | 36°14′46″N 105°49′30″W |
The range resembles a triangle with its base to the east, along the valley of the Rio Grande del Rancho. The northwest face lies along the valley of the Rio Grande and the southern face lies along Rio Pueblo and Embudo River.
The area was first visited by Europeans on July 13, 1598, when Juan de Oñate visited Picuris Pueblo.
The range is underlain by Precambrian rock beds of the Hondo Group and Vadito Group.[2] It is the namesake for the Picuris orogeny.
References
- Julyan, Robert (1998). The Place Names of New Mexico (2 ed.). Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. p. 266. ISBN 0-8263-1689-1.
- Jones, James V., III; Daniel, Christopher G.; Frei, Dirk; Thrane, Kristine (2011). "Revised regional correlations and tectonic implications of Paleoproterozoic and Mesoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks in northern New Mexico, USA: New findings from detrital zircon studies of the Hondo Group, Vadito Group, and Marqueñas Formation". Geosphere. 7 (4): 974–991. doi:10.1130/GES00614.1. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
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