Quartz Mountain State Park is located in southwest Oklahoma at the western end of the Wichita Mountains, 13 miles (21 km) east of Mangum, Oklahoma and...
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Quartz Mountain (also called Baldy Point) is located in Greer County in southwest Oklahoma. It is the namesake of Quartz Mountain Nature Park and the...
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part of the Quartz Mountain State Park. As of January 1, 2002, the State Park was renamed Quartz Mountain Nature Park. The Quartz Mountain Lodge was built...
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Stone Mountain is a quartz monzonite dome monadnock and the site of Stone Mountain Park, 15 miles (24 km) east of Atlanta, Georgia. Outside the park is the...
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heavy rains caused local flooding and property damage in the Quartz Mountain Nature Park. The Altus Dam flood gates had to be opened to relieve excess...
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Plains State Park is located near the geographic center of the Wichita Mountains, north of the town of Mountain Park. Quartz Mountain Nature Park and Arts...
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to quartz monzonite. In local and regional studies of the economic geology of areas containing the Hickory Nut Gorge and Chimney Rock State Park area...
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Fichtel Mountains contain an important nature park, the Fichtel Mountain Nature Park. The Elster Mountains are a part of the Fichtel Mountains. The first...
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Among the county attractions is Quartz Mountain State Park (known from 2002 to 2020 as Quartz Mountain Nature Park), near the community of Lone Wolf...
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Australian Capital Territory of Australia. Black Mountain is protected from development by the Canberra Nature Park and is predominantly covered in native bushland...
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by these mountains is about 67 square kilometres (26 sq mi). The mountains are quartz sandstone and were formed about 400 million years ago through irregular...
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and two other mountain areas, Dovre and Jotunheimen are nearby. Dovre National Park lies a very short distance to the north of this park. Rondane is a...
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North Carolina. The centerpiece of the park is Stone Mountain, a dome of exposed granite (specifically a quartz diorite to granodiorite) of Devonian age...
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Connecticut. The state park offers hiking trails, a swimming beach, trout fishing, mountain biking, rock climbing, and picnicking areas. Park attractions include...
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German side. In both countries, core parts of the mountain range have been declared a national park. The name derives from the sandstone which was carved...
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This is a list of nature centers and environmental education centers in the state of Oklahoma. To use the sortable tables: click on the icons at the top...
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silver at 7.07 ounces per ton. A copper deposit occurs on Observation Mountain. Quartz veins containing gold are exposed west of Dundas Bay and on Gilbert...
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gypsum, goethite, aragonite, illite, quartz, kaolinite and pyrolusite. The main part of the Crimean Mountains is made up of Jurassic limestone formations...
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by D. Fenton, 1834. Available via Internet Archive The Nature Conservancy - High Mountain Park Preserve Lenape Trail – New Jersey’s Most Remarkable Walking...
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Morrow Mountain State Park is a state park in Stanly County, North Carolina, U.S. Located near Albemarle, the park includes 5,881 acres (23.80 km2) within...
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Tutuila. Rainmaker Mountain, famous in Samoan legend and lore, is also geologically important as an example of a volcanic plug (quartz trachyte). The upper...
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High Point (New Jersey) (redirect from High Point (Mountain))
High Point is a mountain peak within High Point State Park on the border of Wantage Township and Montague Township, Sussex County in the U.S. state of...
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Park, it received its current name in 1936. It is located in the scenic, hilly woodlands of the Sans Bois Mountains of southeast Oklahoma. This park is...
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topaz, jasper, tourmaline, and quartz. "Palmer Park". GNIS. October 13, 1978. Retrieved May 12, 2017. "Regional Parks". City of Colorado Springs. Retrieved...
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Bavarian Forest (category Mountain ranges of Bavaria)
Park (240 km2), established in 1970 as the first national park in Germany. Another 3,008 km2 has been designated as the Bavarian Forest Nature Park,...
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The Ural Mountains (/ˈjʊərəl/ YOOR-əl), or simply the Urals, are a mountain range in Eurasia that runs north–south mostly through the Russian Federation...
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situated at 600m-700m above sea level.[citation needed] The mountain is composed of syenite, quartz-syenite and granite rock materials. This forms a massif...
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oldest rocks in the shield consist of Archean Imataca Complex, composed of a quartz-feldspar gneiss and subordinate mafic gneiss. The Guri Fault marks the southern...
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Shawangunk Ridge (redirect from Shwangunk Mountains)
com Gunks Climbers' Coalition Gunks Mountain Biking Association Mohonk Preserve Mohonk Mountain House Resort Minnewaska State Park Preserve Sam's Point...
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largest national park in Atlantic Canada after Torngat Mountains National Park, which has an area of 9,700 km2 (3,700 sq mi). The park takes its name from...
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