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Black Rock Desert volcanic field
Black Rock Desert
- Type
- Volcanic field
- Elevation
- 1800m
- Last eruption
- 1290
- Type
- Volcanic field
- Country
- United States
- Region
- North America / Basin and Range Volcanic Province
- Elevation
- 1800m
- Coordinates
- 38.970, -112.500
- Last eruption
- 1290
- Tectonic setting
- Rift zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Cluster
- Major rock type
- Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary
The Black Rock Desert volcanic field consists of a group of closely spaced small Pleistocene-to-Holocene volcanic fields in the Black Rock and Sevier deserts of south-central Utah, at the eastern margin of the Great Basin.
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From Wikipedia
The Black Rock Desert volcanic field in Millard County, Utah, is a cluster of several volcanic features of the Great Basin including Pahvant Butte, The Cinders, and Tabernacle Hill. The field's Ice Springs event was an explosive eruption followed by lava flows that were Utah's most recent volcanic activity. which overlapped the older flows of Pavant Butte.
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Eruption history
1 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 1
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 1290 (±150 yrs) – 1290
- Largest confirmed eruption
- No VEI recorded
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 0
Detailed timeline
- 1290 (±150 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate1290 – end unknownIce Springs Craters
Nearby volcanoes
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