Lost Mine Peak
{{Short description|Mountain in Texas, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Lost Mine Peak
| photo = Mountaintops on the Lost Mine Trail.jpg
| photo_caption = Southwest aspect, from Lost Mine Trail
| elevation_ft = 7547
| elevation_ref ={{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/92893|title=Lost Mine Peak - 7,547' TX|website=listsofjohn.com|access-date=2024-11-02}}
| prominence_ft = 1460.
| isolation_mi = 3.2
| isolation_ref ={{cite peakbagger|pid=4328|name=Lost Mine Peak, Texas|access-date=2024-11-02}}
| parent_peak = Emory Peak (7,825 ft)
| range = Chisos Mountains
| country = United States
| state = Texas
| region = Brewster
| region_type = County
| part_type = Protected area | part = Big Bend National Park
| map = Texas#USA
| map_caption = Location of Lost Mine Peak in Texas
| label_position = top
| coordinates = {{coord|29.2755642|N|103.2583928|W|type:mountain_region:US-AK_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref ={{cite gnis|id=1340644|name=Lost Mine Peak|access-date=2024-11-02}}
| topo = USGS The Basin
| first_ascent =
| age = Oligocene
| rock = Volcanic rock (Rhyolite)Grace C. Keroher, Lexicon of Geologic Names of the United States for 1961–1967, Geological Survey Bulletin 1350, 1970, p. 439–440.
| type =
}}
Lost Mine Peak is a {{convert|7547|ft|meter|adj=mid|-elevation|abbr=off|sp=us}} summit in Brewster County, Texas, United States.
Description
Lost Mine Peak is located in Big Bend National Park and the Chisos Mountains. It ranks as the third-highest peak in the park, mountain range, and county, but only the 20th-highest in Texas. The mountain is composed of volcanic rock which formed during the Oligocene period.[https://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3140/ Geologic Map of the Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park, Texas], Robert G. Bohannon, 2011, U.S. Geological Survey. Although modest in elevation, topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,150 feet (655 m) above Pine Canyon in {{convert|0.8|mi|km}}, and 2,550 feet (777 m) above Juniper Canyon in {{convert|1.5|mi|km}}. Based on the Köppen climate classification, Lost Mine Peak is located in a hot arid climate zone with hot summers and mild winters.{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | issn = 1027-5606}} Any scant precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into the Rio Grande watershed. The lower slopes of the peak are covered by juniper, oak, and piñon. The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names. The peak's name comes from a legend of Spanish explorers finding silver here and enslaving local people to mine it. According to legend, the workers eventually rebelled, killed their enslavers, then sealed the entrance to prevent further exploitation.[https://www.nps.gov/places/lost-mine-trail-stop-26.htm Lost Mine Trail Stop #26], National Park Service, Retrirved 2024-11-02.Ron Tyler, The Big Bend: A History of the Last Texas Frontier, Texas A&M University Press, 1996, {{ISBN|9780890967065}}, p. 19. The Lost Mine Trail was built in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps and is the most scenic and popular trail within Big Bend National Park.Peter Koch, Exploring the Big Bend Country, University of Texas Press, 2009, {{ISBN|9780292779877}}, p. 42. The trail covers 4.8 miles (round-trip) with 1,000 feet of elevation gain.Robert Manning, Walks of a Lifetime in America's National Parks, Rowman & Littlefield, 2020, {{ISBN|9781493039265}}, p. 29.
See also
Gallery
File:Gfp-texas-big-bend-national-park-rocky-surface-near-the-peak.jpg|Summit at upper left
File:Lost Mine Peak sw.jpg|Southwest aspect, from Lost Mine Trail.
Summit to left.
File:Big Bend National Park - Lost Mine Peak.jpg
File:Big Bend National Park (52088324960).jpg|Lost Mine Peak is prominent peak to left. North aspect.
File:Lost Mine Peak 1937.jpg|1937 aerial view of Lost Mine Peak centered at top, from WNW.
References
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External links
- Lost Mine Peak: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5525480/United%20States/Texas/Brewster/Lost%20Mine%20Peak Weather forecast]
{{Mountains of Texas}}
{{Geographic Location 2
| Center = Lost Mine Peak
| North = Panther Peak
| Northeast = Pummel Peak
| East =
| Southeast = Pine Canyon
| South = Crown Mountain
| Southwest = Toll Mountain
| West = Casa Grande Peak
| Northwest = Green Gulch
}}
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