Franklin Mountains (Texas)
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The Franklin Mountains of Texas are a small range (23 miles long, 3 miles wide) that extend from El Paso, Texas north into New Mexico. The Franklins were formed during the Laramide mountain-building period in late Cretaceous time, 60 million to 70 million years ago.
The highest peak is North Franklin Mountain at 7,192 ft. Much of the range is part of the Franklin Mountains State Park. The mountains are composed primarily of sedimentary rock with some igneous intrusions. Geologists refer to them as tilted-block fault mountains and in them can be found billion-year-old Precambrian rocks, the oldest in Texas.
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- Franklin Mountains (Texas) from the Handbook of Texas Online
