Mosquito Range
| Mosquito Range | |
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Mount Lincoln
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| Highest point | |
| Peak | Mount Lincoln |
| Elevation | 14,286 ft (4,354 m) |
| Coordinates | 39°21′05″N 106°06′39″W / 39.35139°N 106.11083°WCoordinates: 39°21′05″N 106°06′39″W / 39.35139°N 106.11083°W |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 40 mi (64 km) NS |
| Geography | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| Parent range | Rocky Mountains |
| Borders on | Sawatch Range |
| Geology | |
| Orogeny | Laramide orogeny |
| Age of rock | Cretaceous – Paleogene |
| Type of rock | granite |
The Mosquito Range (elevation approximately 14,000 ft) is a high mountain range in the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado in the United States. The peaks of the range form a ridge running north-south for approximately 40 miles (64 km) from southern Summit County on the north end, then along the boundary between Lake and Park counties. The ranges forms a high barrier separating the headwaters of the Arkansas River near Leadville from South Park and the headwaters of the South Platte River near Fairplay. The highest peak in the range is Mount Lincoln at an elevation of 14,286 ft. Other fourteeners in the range are Mount Bross (14,172 ft), Mount Democrat (14,148 ft), and Mount Sherman (14,036 ft).
The mountains are faulted anticlines formed as part of the Sawatch Uplift during the Laramide orogeny approximately 65 MYA. The mountains were originally contiguous with the higher Sawatch Range to the west but were separated during the formation of the rift valley at the headwaters of the Arkansas River approximately 35 MYA. The range is primarily of granite. The eastern flank of the range along the rim of South Park overlain by Paleozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary rocks. The northern end of the range was glaciated during time, forming u-shaped valleys in the canyons.
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