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to the north. The towns of Grants, Gallup, and Ramah are located northeast, northwest, and southwest of the range, respectively. The Zuñi Mountains sit on the
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Cather, Steven M. (2004). "Laramide orogeny in central and northern New Mexico and southern Colorado". In Mack, G.H.; Giles, K.A. (eds.).
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have been eroded away from the highest part of the range, but appear in outlying areas to the west and to the northeast in
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The history of the range includes ancient and continuing use of the mountains by local native peoples, including the
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Period. The current physiographic expression of the range is the result of uplift during the Cretaceous–Paleogene
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The geology of New Mexico. A geologic history: New Mexico Geological Society Special Volume 11
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The Zuñi Mountains form a northwest–southeast trending uplift with a core of
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Zuñi Mountains
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Mike Butterfield's Guide to the Mountains of New Mexico
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Index

Zuni Mountains

Elk
Mount Sedgwick
35°10′26″N 108°05′42″W / 35.174°N 108.095°W / 35.174; -108.095
Elevation
Navajo
New Mexico
Orogeny
Navajo
mountain range
Cibola County
New Mexico
McKinley County
Cibola National Forest
Interstate 40
Gallup
Grants
Mount Sedgwick

35°10′4″N 108°19′0″W / 35.16778°N 108.31667°W / 35.16778; -108.31667
Zuni Indian Reservation
Ramah Navajo Indian Reservation
El Morro National Monument
El Malpais National Monument
Acoma Pueblo
Navajo Nation
Continental Divide
Colorado Plateau
Zuni

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