Red Hill Volcanic Field
The largest crater in the field is Quemado crater, which is 1,170 meters (3,840 ft) across and 33 meters (108 ft) below the surrounding terrain, with a slightly elevated rim. This crater shows evidence of cycles of collapse and explosive eruption. It is surrounded by olivine basalt flows.
The field is part of the Jemez Lineament, a zone of young volcanic fields stretching from central Arizona to northeastern New Mexico. Ar-Ar dating of rock from the Red Hill volcanic field reveals that it was erupted in two pulses, from 7.9-5.2 million years ago (Mya) and from 2.5 to 0.071 Mya. The older activity was along a narrow zone roughly aligned with the lineament, while later activity was across a broad north-south zone, with the focus of activity tending to move south to north. Future activity is most likely in the northern part of the field.
Notable vents
Name | Elevation | Coordinates | Last eruption |
Quemado crater | - | 34°13′21″N 108°49′19″W / 34.2225°N 108.8220°W | 1.55 Mya |
Red Hill cone | - | 34°17′36″N 108°53′31″W / 34.293247°N 108.892021°W | 71 kya |
Zuni Salt Lake (maar) | 1,897 m or 6,224 ft | 34°27′00″N 108°46′04″W / 34.450000°N 108.767738°W | 86 kya |
See also
References
- ^ "Red Hill volcanic field (and Zuni Salt Lake maar)". Volcanoes. New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "Volcanoes of New Mexico". New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on 2007-05-01. Retrieved 2007-06-14.
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- ^ Wood, Charles A.; Kienle, Jűrgen, eds. (1990). Volcanoes of North America:United States and Canada. Cambridge University Press. pp. 306–313. ISBN 0-521-43811-X.
- ^ McIntosh, William C.; Cather, Steven M. (1994). "40Ar/39Ar geochronology of basaltic rocks and constraints on late Cenozoic stratigraphy and landscape development in the Red Hill-Quemado area, New Mexico" (PDF). New Mexico Geological Society Field Conference Series. 45: 209–224. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ Chamberlin, R.M.; Cather, S.M.; Anderson, O.J.; Jones, G.E. (1994). "Reconnaissance geologic map of the Quemado 30 x 60 minute quadrangle, Catron County, New Mexico". New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Open-File Report. 406. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ Hoffer, Jerry M.; Corbitt, L. LeRoy (1989). "A preliminary note on some unusual explosion-collapse craters, Quemado basalt field, Catron County, New Mexico" (PDF). New Mexico Geological Society Field Conference Series. 40: 157–158. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "Zuni Salt Lake". cLocations. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
External links
- "Red Hill". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
34°15′N 108°50′W / 34.25°N 108.83°W