Mount Blanco
| Mount Blanco | |
|---|---|
Mount Blanco viewed from above | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,074 ft (937 m) |
| Coordinates | 33°47′29″N 101°15′11″W / 33.79139°N 101.25306°W |
| Geography | |
| Geology | |
| Rock age(s) | Late Blancan ?2.5-1.8mya?, Early Pleistocene |
| Mountain type | Butte |
Mount Blanco is a small white hill — an erosional remnant — located on the eastern border of the Llano Estacado within Blanco Canyon in Crosby County, Texas. With Blanco Canyon, it is the type locality of the early Pleistocene Blanco Formation of Texas and Kansas, as well as the Blancan fauna, which occurs throughout North America. Mount Blanco is a Late Blancan age site, and is associated with other Late Blancan sites from Texas such as Red Light and Hudspeth local faunas from Hudspeth County, and the Cita Canyon fauna from Randall County.