San Augustín Pass
Divide between the Tularosa Basin to the east and Jornada del Muerto to the west, cut between the Organ Mountains to the south and the San Augustin-San Andres Mountains to the north. White gypsum sands glisten to the northeast. Roadcuts are in Tertiary monzonite. Organ mines yielded copper, lead, silver, gold, zinc, and fluorite. Elevation 5,710 feet.
Marker is on U.S. 70 at milepost 178, on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
