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Black Mesa Basalt - Oklahoma Geological Survey

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My Favorite Outcrop<br />

<strong>Black</strong> <strong>Mesa</strong> <strong>Basalt</strong>, cont.<br />

Figure 3. GoogleEarth image of three-state area showing <strong>Mesa</strong> de Maya in Colorado and <strong>Black</strong> <strong>Mesa</strong> in New Mexico and <strong>Oklahoma</strong> (arrow). ^s mark<br />

vent areas for lava flows (Scott, 1968). Western white arrow points to where the <strong>Black</strong> <strong>Mesa</strong> flow crosses the Colorado – New Mexico state line. The<br />

eastern white arrow points to <strong>Black</strong> <strong>Mesa</strong> flow in <strong>Oklahoma</strong>. Note isolated lava flows north of <strong>Mesa</strong> de Maya in Las Animas County, Colorado.<br />

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