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Davis Lake volcanic field
Davis Lake
- Type
- Volcanic field
- Elevation
- 2163m
- Last eruption
- -2790
- Type
- Volcanic field
- Country
- United States
- Region
- North America / High Cascades Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 2163m
- Coordinates
- 43.570, -121.820
- Last eruption
- -2790
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Cluster
- Major rock type
- Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary
The Davis Lake area contains three andesitic Holocene cinder cones and associated fresh-looking lava flows along a N-S line at the base of a group of Pleistocene basaltic andesite shield volcanoes east of the crest of the Cascade Range, south of the Mount Bachelor volcanic chain.
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From Wikipedia
The Davis Lake volcanic field is a volcanic field consisting of a group of three young cinder cones and their associated andesitic lava flows. The field is located just east of the crest of the Cascade Range in Oregon, United States. The northernmost lava flow created Davis Lake by blocking Odell Creek.
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Eruption history
1 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 1
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 2790 BCE – 2790 BCE
- Largest confirmed eruption
- No VEI recorded
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 0
Detailed timeline
- 2790 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate2790 BCE – end unknownS flank of Hamner Butte (Black Rock)
Nearby volcanoes
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