Frenchman Mountain

Infobox Mountain
Name = Frenchman Mountain
Photo = frsch.jpg
Caption =
Elevation = convert|4056|ft|m [ cite web
url = http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=GR1877
title = NGS Data Sheet for SUNRISE
publisher = U.S. National Geodetic Survey
accessdate = 2008-04-03 Note: Though the name of the station is Sunrise it is on Frenchman Mountain.]
Location = Clark County, Nevada, USA
Topographic
USGS Las Vegas NE
Range =
Prominence = convert|1972|ft|m|0 [ cite web
url = http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=3760
title = Frenchman Mountain, Nevada
publisher = Peakbagger.com
accessdate = 2008-04-03 ]
Coordinates = coord|36|10|44|N|114|59|53|W|type:mountain_region:US [GNIS|856248accessdate|2008-04-03]
Topographic
USGS Frenchman Mountain
First ascent =
Easiest route =

Frenchman Mountain is located east of Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. It is not part of any mountain range. Comprised of rocks similar to those found on the bottom of the Grand Canyon, Frenchman Mountain formed when faulting elevated it, giving it its sharp triangulated slope. It is the site of the Great Unconformity. It is underlain by Vishnu Schist rock, which is some of the oldest rock on the North American continent, having been created about two billion years ago.

State route 147 crosses its northern slope. A geologically rich area called Rainbow Gardens is located to its southeast, as is an igneous laccolith, Lava Butte. [ cite web
url = http://3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/2005/lakemead/html/lame_history.htm
title = Geologic History of Lake Mead National Recreation Area
date = 2007-04-06
publisher = U.S. Geological Survey
accessdate = 2008-01-28 ] The Frenchman Mountain Fault is a potential earthquake danger to the region.

It is commonly, and mistakenly, referred to as Sunrise Mountain, the name of a smaller peak to the north of Frenchman Mountain. The area from Cheyenne Avenue and Boulder Highway and Lamb Boulevard is commonly known as Sunrise Manor Township CDP.

References

External links

* [http://www.co.clark.nv.us/administrative_services/Town_Services/SunriseTABindex.htm Sunrise Manor Town Advisory Board Homepage]
* [http://www.birdandflower.com/rainbowgardens/ Frenchman Mountain and the Rainbow Gardens]