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Cabeza Prieta NWR--Pinacate Lava Flow
Coordinates: 32.114567, -113.5066223 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Pinacate Lava Flow
Pinacate is a “monogenetic volcanic field,” the most common kind of Quaternary volcanism on earth. The cones are monogenetic, each is the product of a single, short eruption of a unique batch of magma that produced less (usually much less) than a tenth cubic km of rock. Fifty similar fields within a thousand kilometers have their unique basalt magma batches nearly identical because that’s how partial melting of the mantle works. The mountain, a trachyte shield volcano, is different from the cones in many ways but its magmas also came from the mantle. From Pinacate Lava Flow webpage

About Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge
Cabeza Prieta, Spanish for "dark (or dirty) head," refers to a lava-topped, granite peak in a remote mountain range in the western corner of the refuge.

Though it officially became a national wildlife refuge in 1975, this landscape has been managed for the benefit of wildlife since 1939 when it was established as a ‘Game Range’ and managed for desert bighorn sheep. Today, the refuge’s management priorities are primarily focused on the endangered Sonoran pronghorn, bighorn sheep, and lesser long-nosed bat.

Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge encompasses 860,000 acres, a portion of which are open to the public for wildlife related activities including wildlife watching and photography, primitive camping, limited hunting, and environmental education and interpretation.

Almost all of the refuge is designated wilderness and it is part of the National Wildlife Refuge System, a national network of lands and waters set aside for the benefit of wildlife and you. From Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge website

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