. The geography of Texas, physical and political. Fig. 10. Sti i)V Butte, Sedumentakv Deposits ( auied with Igne-ous KocK, Teklingua Quicksilver District, Brewster County 26 RELIEF AND SOILS 27 Texas-New Mexico boundary. It presents to the southand west an ahnost perpendicular face several thousandfeet high. Mount Livermore, in the Davis mountains,has a height of 8382 feet; Santiago peak, south of Alpine,. Fig. 17. Black Mesa A dome of Lower Cretaceous limestone due to the intrusion of igneous rock,as seen from Mariposa Store, Terlingua, Brewster county 6800 feet; and Mount Emory, in the Chiso
. The geography of Texas, physical and political. Fig. 10. Sti i)V Butte, Sedumentakv Deposits ( auied with Igne-ous KocK, Teklingua Quicksilver District, Brewster County 26 RELIEF AND SOILS 27 Texas-New Mexico boundary. It presents to the southand west an ahnost perpendicular face several thousandfeet high. Mount Livermore, in the Davis mountains,has a height of 8382 feet; Santiago peak, south of Alpine,. Fig. 17. Black Mesa A dome of Lower Cretaceous limestone due to the intrusion of igneous rock,as seen from Mariposa Store, Terlingua, Brewster county 6800 feet; and Mount Emory, in the Chisos mountains,9000 feet. The Guadalupe mountains are made up largely ofPermian rocks. The Sierra Diablo is an old dissectedhighland capped with Carboniferous rocks. The Davis,known also as the Limpia, the Corazones, and the Chisosmountains are volcanic. There are also flat-topped moun-tains, or mesas, capped with volcanic rock, the remains ofan old igneous outpouring. 28 THE GEOGRAPHY OF TEXAS The second line of elevations enters the state with theHueco iivereo) mountains, and is continued by theFinlay, Quitman, Eagle, and Vieja {ve-dhd) mountains. In these mountains there are found granite and otherigneous rocks, as well as Carboniferous and Cretaceouslimestones. The Chinati mountains are volcanic. Between the mountains of Trans-Pecos Texas there arenumerous basins or flats. These plains, though ele
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