This rock is exposed along the Tanque Verde Trail of Tanque Verde Ridge, Rincon Mountains, Saguaro National Park - East, Tucson, Arizona. The Rincon Mountains are part of a metamorphic core complex, accounting for the extreme stretching and deformation of mineral constituents of this mylonitized metamorphic gneiss.
Photographer: Mike Conway
Photo Date: January 2018
Latitude: 32.1623416667
Longitude: -110.723791667
Photo Tags: mylonite, metamorphic core complex, gneiss, Rincon Mountains