Fossil Mountain (Grand Canyon) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Fossil Mountain(Grand Canyon) |
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(Havasupai Point, adjacent to Fossil Mountain)
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 6,729 ft (2,051 m) |
| Prominence | 309 ft (94 m) |
| Isolation | 0.61 mi (0.98 km) |
| Parent peak | Havasupai Point (6,820 ft) |
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Location in Arizona
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Location in the United States
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| Location | Grand Canyon National Park Coconino County, Arizona, US |
| Parent range | Coconino Plateau Colorado Plateau |
| Topo map | USGS Explorers Monument |
| Geology | |
| 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) |
Fossil Mountain is a 6,729-foot-elevation summit located in the Western Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, USA. 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.
Geology
Photos of the Fossil Mountain prominence, a large cliff of Kaibab Limestone, can be seen at Summitpost. 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 an ~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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