A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Sill containing mantle xenoliths, Elephant Butte, New Mexico |
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| Description | This interesting basalt unit (dark layer) is about 1 meter thick. It contains abundant xenoliths of different lithologies. The most common are (mantle) lherzolites, and (crustal) granulites. The basalt cuts across the apparent bedding in the surrounding country rock, but has been described as a flow in some literature. Pocket knife for scale. |
| Geologic province | Rio Grande Rift |
| Location | USA ▹ New Mexico. Near Truth or Consequences. Roadcut on the south side of New Mexico Highway 51, just south of Elephant Butte Dam. |
| Photographer | Dexter Perkins. 2003-02-16. |
| Key words | Elephant Butte, xenolith, New Mexico |
| Tech details | 950 KB. Outcrop. Canon Powershot S40. |
| GeoDIL number | 2977 |
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