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Red Hill volcanic field

Red Hill-Quemado

Type
Volcanic field
Elevation
2300m
Last eruption
-9450
The Red Hill-Quemado Volcanic Field in New Mexico, USA, contains more than 40 scoria cones, some of which are in the area shown in this August 2019 Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic (N is at the top; this image is approximately 34 km across). There are also phreatomagmatic features including the 2-km-wide Zuni Salt Lake maar at the top of this Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic (N is at the top; this image is approximately 69 km across).
The Red Hill-Quemado Volcanic Field in New Mexico, USA, contains more than 40 scoria cones, some of which are in the area shown in this August 2019 Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic (N is at the top; this image is approximately 34 km across). There are also phreatomagmatic features including the 2-km-wide Zuni Salt Lake maar at the top of this Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic (N is at the top; this image is approximately 69 km across). · Photo: Satellite image courtesy of Planet Labs Inc., 2019 (https://www.planet.com/).
Type
Volcanic field
Country
United States
Region
North America / Basin and Range Volcanic Province
Elevation
2300m
Coordinates
34.250, -108.830
Last eruption
-9450
Tectonic setting
Rift zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Cluster
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary

The Red Hill-Quemado volcanic field in western New Mexico is across the border from the Springerville volcanic field in Arizona and contains more than 40 cinder cones and maars that were active from the late Miocene to early Holocene. The volcanic field lies along the NE-trending Jemez Lineament that extends from SE Colorado to east-central Arizona. Dating by Onken and Forman (2017) showed that three eruptive events took place during the early Holocene, and that the 2-km-wide Zuni Salt Lake maar with its late-stage nested cinder cones was formed about 11,000-11,800 calibrated 14C years ago.

Eruption history

3 recordedGlossary
Summary (VEI over time)
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9850 BCE~9810 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?9730 BCE~9690 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?9490 BCE~9450 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?9850 BCE9770 BCE9650 BCE9570 BCE9490 BCE

Detailed timeline

  1. 9450 BCE (±400 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    9450 BCE – end unknown
    Zuni Salt Lake maar
  2. 9700 BCE (±450 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    9700 BCE – end unknown
    2.5 km radius of Zuni Salt Lake
  3. 9850 BCE (±500 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    9850 BCE – end unknown
    Cerro Pomo?

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