Name: Black Rock

 

County: Sweetwater

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude: 1084737W

Latitude: 415230N

 

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Elevation: 7175/2187

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Summit

 

Origin of Name:

Circular butte rising to about 300 feet above the surrounding terrain about 11.8 miles northeast of Superior.

Source: Decisions, 1959

 

Part of the Leucite Hills.

Source: Kemp and Knight

 

This is the most easterly outlier of the Leucite Hills, and is a very symmetrical mesa which rises 500 feet above the valley at its base. ... The name Black Rock has long been locally used for the mesa.

Source: Kemp and Knight 

 

Other Names: Black Rock Mesa, Black Rock Butte

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Black Rock South

 

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