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The Van Horn Mountains caldera, Trans-Pecos Texas:  geology and development of a small (10-km squared) ash-flow caldera The Van Horn Mountains caldera, Trans-Pecos Texas: geology and development of a small (10-km squared) ash-flow caldera 1986

The Van Horn Mountains caldera is a small (~10-km2) igneous center in the Trans-Pecos volcanic province. The caldera formed 37 to 38 mya during eruption of the first of two ash-flow tuffs related to the caldera.

Henry, C.D., Price, J.G. Report of Investigations Bureau of Economic Geology
Geology of Van Horn Mountains, Texas Geology of Van Horn Mountains, Texas 1959

About 10 miles south of Van Horn, Texas, the Van Horn Mountains rise abruptly above an intermontane plain and extend southward to the Sierra Vieja. The area lies primarily in the southwestern part of Culberson County but extends into Hudspeth and Jeff Davis counties.

Twiss, P.C. Geologic Quadrangle Map Bureau of Economic Geology
Pegmatites of the Van Horn Mountains, Texas Pegmatites of the Van Horn Mountains, Texas 1951

Zoned and unzoned perthite-quartz-plagioclase-muscovite pegmatites in the form of tabular bodies, irregular bodies with tabular branches, irregular masses, elongate lenses, lit-par-lit zones, and small augen and stringers are distributed throughout the Precambrian metasedimentary rocks of the Mic

Flawn, P.T. Report of Investigations Bureau of Economic Geology