Cabezon Peak is the largest of approximately 50 volcanic
peaks found in the Rio Puero valley.Cabezon is derived from the spanish
noun" Cabeza" which means head.The peak is over 8000 feet above sea level.
and is surrounded by rolling grassy foothills and steep sided arroyos.
These volcanic neck's formed when molten lava worked
it's way to the earths surface through sedimentary rock leyer's deposited
millions of years ago by an inland sea covering this area. After the sea
receded, erosion removed much of the softer sedimentary rock and exposed
many columns of basalt. It is these columns that are now visible throughout
the area. |
