Red Hill volcanic field

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Red Hill volcanic field, also known as Quemado volcanic field, is a monogenetic volcanic field located in the vicinity of the ghost town of Red Hill in Catron County New Mexico, USA. Also known as the Quemado volcanic field, Red Hill is 24 kilometers east of the larger Springerville volcanic field and immediately south of the Zuni Salt Lake field. The area is comprised of scoria cone and silicic dome fields[1][2] The last eruption was 23,000 yrs B.P.[3]

[edit] Notable Vents

Name Elevation Location Last eruption
meters feet Coordinates
Red Hill cone[2] - - - -
Red Hill maar[2] - - - -
Zuni Salt Lake (maar)[2] 1897[4] 6224[4] 34°27′00″N 108°46′04″W / 34.450000, -108.767738 (Zuni Salt Lake) -

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ (nd) Volcanoes of New Mexico. New Mexico Natural History Museum. Retrieved 6/14/07.
  2. ^ a b c d Wood, Charles A.; Jűrgen Kienle (1993). Volcanoes of North America. Cambridge University Press, pp. 306-308. ISBN 0-512-43811-X. 
  3. ^ (nd) Red Hill Volcanic Field. Retrieved 6/14/07.
  4. ^ a b Zuni Salt Lake. cLocations. Retrieved on 2007-07-24.