Leucite Hills Volcano
Updated: Sep 14, 2024 13:22 GMT -
Volcanic field unknown
Wyoming, United States, 41.8°N / -108.9°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Wyoming, United States, 41.8°N / -108.9°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Leucite Hills volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
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Background
The Leucite Hills consist of a 2000 km2 area with less than two dozen isolated lava flows, dikes, necks and cinder cones of unusual potassium-rich composition. Their age is about 1.1 Ma.---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
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