Chiricahua National Monument

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Chiricahua National Monument
IUCN Category III (Natural Monument)
Location	Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Nearest city	Willcox, AZ
Coordinates	32°01′04″N 109°20′54″W / 32.01778, -109.34833
Area	12,000 acres (49 km²)
Established	April 18, 1924
Governing body	National Park Service

Chiricahua National Monument is a unit of the National Park Service. The monument is located approximately 36 miles southeast of Willcox, Arizona. It preserves the remains of an immense volcanic eruption that shook the region some 27 million years ago. Called the Turkey Creek Caldera eruption, it eventually laid down two thousand feet of ash and pumice, highly siliceous in nature. This eventually hardened into rhyolitic tuff, (See: Tuff), and eroded into the natural features visible at the monument today.

The national monument also preserves the Faraway Ranch, owned at one time by Swedish immigrants Neil and Emma Erickson.

[edit] External links

• www.nps.gov/chir/index.htm — National Park Service: Chiricahua National Monument

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