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Blacks Mountain volcano

Updated: Aug 17, 2022 21:57 GMT - Refresh

Shield 2220 m / 7283 ft
California, United States, 40.78°N / -121.19°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Blacks Mountain volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
Lastest nearby earthquakes: No recent earthquakes

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Background

Blacks Mountain, 25 km east of Hat Creek, is the most prominent of a group of andesitic shield volcanoes and is 1-2 million years old (Clynne, in Wood and Kienle, 1990).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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