McCoy volcano

Updated: Aug 11, 2022 17:28 GMT - Refresh

Pyroclastic cone(s) 2402 m / 7881 ft
Colorado, United States, 39.97°N / -106.7°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
McCoy 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

A 6.5-km-long basaltic lava flow from two scoria cones is Potassium-Argon dated 0.64 +/- 0.2 million years ago (Larson et al. 1975).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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