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Atlin Volcanic Field

Type
Pyroclastic cone
Elevation
1880m
Last eruption
Unknown
Cracker Creek cone (center), the small vegetated hill seen here from the west, is the youngest feature of the Atlin Volcanic Field on the Teslin Plateau in NW British Columbia. The small scoria cone lies at the head of Cracker Creek, immediately east of Ruby Mountain volcano, and may have been the source of a large lava flow that partly filled Ruby Creek. The lower west side of the cone appears to be partly covered by glacial till, suggesting that the cone is older than the most recent glacial advances down Ruby Creek.
Cracker Creek cone (center), the small vegetated hill seen here from the west, is the youngest feature of the Atlin Volcanic Field on the Teslin Plateau in NW British Columbia. The small scoria cone lies at the head of Cracker Creek, immediately east of Ruby Mountain volcano, and may have been the source of a large lava flow that partly filled Ruby Creek. The lower west side of the cone appears to be partly covered by glacial till, suggesting that the cone is older than the most recent glacial advances down Ruby Creek. · Photo: Photo by Ben Edwards, 2000 (Dickinson College, Pennsylvania).
Type
Pyroclastic cone
Country
Canada
Region
North America / Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
Elevation
1880m
Coordinates
59.708, -133.358
Last eruption
Unknown
Tectonic setting
Intraplate / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Cluster
Major rock type
Trachybasalt / Tephrite basanite

Geological summary

The Surprise Lake volcanic field in the Atlin volcanic district is a group of late-Pleistocene to Holocene cinder cones on the Teslin Plateau in NW-most British Columbia, between Atlin Lake on the W and Surprise Lake on the E.

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From Wikipedia

The Atlin Volcanic Field, also called the Llangorse Volcanic Field and the Surprise Lake Volcanic Field, is a group of late-Pleistocene to Holocene cinder cones that lies on the Teslin Plateau east of Atlin Lake, Canada. The largest volcanic feature is the 1880-m-high Ruby Mountain, which has been partially dissected by Pleistocene and post-Wisconsin glaciation. Two basaltic cinder cones at the heads of Cracker Creek and Volcanic Creek lie within glacially dissected U-shaped valleys and may be of postglacial age.

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Eruption history

1 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
0
Uncertain eruptions
1
Summary (VEI over time)
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1898~1898 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?18981898189918991899

Detailed timeline

  1. 1898VEI ?Method not stated
    1898-11-08 – end unknown

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