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Tseax Cone
Tseax River Cone
- Type
- Pyroclastic cone
- Elevation
- 612m
- Last eruption
- 1690
- Type
- Pyroclastic cone
- Country
- Canada
- Region
- North America / Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
- Elevation
- 612m
- Coordinates
- 55.111, -128.899
- Last eruption
- 1690
- Tectonic setting
- Intraplate / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Minor (basaltic)
- Major rock type
- Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary
The basaltic Tseax River cinder cones (Aiyansh volcano) at the southern end of the Stikine volcanic belt have been the site of some of the youngest volcanic eruptions in Canada.
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From Wikipedia
Tseax Cone is a small volcano in the Nass Ranges of the Hazelton Mountains in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It has an elevation of 609 metres and lies within an east–west valley through which a tributary of the Tseax River flows. The volcano consists of two nested structures and was the source of four lava flows that descended into neighbouring valleys. A secondary eruptive centre lies just north of Tseax Cone on the opposite side of Melita Lake. It probably formed simultaneously with Tseax Cone, but the timing of volcanism at the two eruptive centres is not precisely known; both were formed by volcanic activity sometime in the last 800 years.
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Eruption history
2 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 2
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 1330 (±75 yrs) – 1690
- Largest confirmed eruption
- No VEI recorded
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 0
Detailed timeline
- 1690 (±150 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate1690 – end unknown
- 1330 (±75 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate1330 – end unknown
Nearby volcanoes
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