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Black Hills & Mount Rushmore

Detailed Description

A landscape of granite hills in the Black Hills region of South Dakota, one of which contains the Mount Rushmore sculpture. The majority of granite in the Black Hills (Mount Rushmore included) is part of the 100-square-km Harney Peak Granite. NPS.

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