 Recommended by James Outram in 1903, the mountain's name became official in 1920 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.Like other mountains in Banff Park, Kaufmann Peaks is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.