Mexico · Volcanic field
Pinacate Peaks
Pinacate
- Type
- Volcanic field
- Elevation
- 1183m
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Type
- Volcanic field
- Country
- Mexico
- Region
- North America / Basin and Range Volcanic Province
- Elevation
- 1183m
- Coordinates
- 31.850, -113.500
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Cluster
- Major rock type
- Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary
Pinacate is a roughly 55 x 60 km volcanic field in the Sonoran desert of NW México. It contains numerous maars, tuff rings, and cinder cones of late-Pleistocene to Holocene age.
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From Wikipedia
The Pinacate Peaks are a group of volcanic peaks and cinder cones located mostly in the Mexican state of Sonora along the international border adjacent to the U.S. state of Arizona, surrounded by the vast sand dune field of the Gran Desierto de Altar, at the desert's southeast.
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Eruption history
2 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 0
- Uncertain eruptions
- 2
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 1934VEI ?Method not stated1934-12-31 – 1935-01-02
- 1928VEI ?Method not stated1928-06-09 – end unknown
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