Baldface Mountain volcanic field
The Baldface Mountain volcanic field is a volcanic field in the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is located about 25 km (16 mi) east of the Itcha Range on the Chilcotin Plateau. The volcanic field contains at least eight volcanic cones and is one of two volcanic fields in the Anahim Volcanic Belt, the other being the Satah Mountain volcanic field which extends south from the Itcha Range.[1]
| Baldface Mountain volcanic field | |
|---|---|
  Baldface Mountain volcanic field | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Baldface Mountain |
| Elevation | 1,798 m (5,899 ft) |
| Coordinates | 52°45′35″N 124°31′53″W |
| Geography | |
| Location | British Columbia, Canada |
| Geology | |
| Volcanic belt | Anahim Volcanic Belt |
Volcanic features
All features listed in this table were derived from Kuehn et al. (2015).[1]
| Name | Landform | Rock type | Age (Ma) | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Cinder cone | - | - | 52°44′N 124°33.8′W |
| - | Cinder cone | Trachybasalt | 2.43 | 52°43.2′N 124°33.2′W |
| - | Eroded cone | Basanite | 1.37 | 52°44.2′N 124°29′W |
| - | Eroded cone | Basalt | - | 52°42.4′N 124°29.5′W |
| - | Eroded cone | Hawaiite | 0.91 | 52°43.5′N 124°29.2′W |
| Baldface Mountain | Polygenetic cone | Trachyte, phonolite | 2.52–2.37 | 52°32′3″N 124°45′1″W |
| - | Cinder cone | Trachybasalt | 2.22 | 52°38.5′N 124°26.6′W |
| Whitetop Mountain | Eroded cone? | - | - | 52°38.9′N 124°33.4′W |
References
- Kuehn, Christian; Guest, Bernard; K. Russell, James; A. Benowitz, Jeff (2015). "The Satah Mountain and Baldface Mountain volcanic fields: Pleistocene hot spot volcanism in the Anahim Volcanic Belt, west-central British Columbia, Canada". Bulletin of Volcanology. Springer: 4, 5, 6, 8. ISSN 0258-8900.
External links
- "Baldface Mountain". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
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