Mogollon-Datil volcanic field

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ignimbrite province volcanic field

The Mogollon-Datil volcanic field is a large, ancient volcanic region in southwestern New Mexico characterized by extensive ignimbrite sheets, calderas, and volcanic highlands including the Mogollon Mountains.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Mogollon-Datil volcanic field canonical 1
Mogollon-Datil volcanic field vicinity 1
San Juan volcanic field 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ignimbrite province ⓘ
volcanic field ⓘ
approximateArea over 40,000 square kilometers ⓘ
characterizedBy extensive ignimbrite sheets ⓘ
large calderas ⓘ
volcanic highlands ⓘ
contains Bearwallow Mountain volcanic center NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bursum caldera NERFINISHED ⓘ
Datil Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gila Cliff Dwellings region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gila National Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gila Wilderness region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Luna Park caldera NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mogollon Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Socorro caldera NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
currentActivityStatus extinct ⓘ
dominantRockType andesite ⓘ
basalt ⓘ
dacite ⓘ
rhyolite ⓘ
erodedToForm rugged mountain topography ⓘ
eruptionStyle explosive ⓘ
geologicalAge Miocene ⓘ
Oligocene ⓘ
hosts multiple nested caldera complexes ⓘ
thick ash-flow tuff sequences ⓘ
importantFor study of ignimbrite flare-ups ⓘ
understanding mid-Tertiary volcanism in the southwestern United States ⓘ
lithologyIncludes ash-flow tuff ⓘ
lava flows ⓘ
volcaniclastic sediments ⓘ
locatedIn New Mexico ⓘ
North America ⓘ
southwestern New Mexico ⓘ
namedAfter Datil Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mogollon Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
overlies Colorado Plateau margin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rio Grande rift margin NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Southern Rocky Mountains volcanic field system NERFINISHED ⓘ
peakVolcanicActivity about 36 to 24 million years ago ⓘ
period Neogene ⓘ
Paleogene ⓘ
region southwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
tectonicSetting subduction-related arc volcanism ⓘ
transition to extensional tectonics ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mogollon Mountains → partOf → Mogollon-Datil volcanic field ⓘ
Ute Mountain → volcanicField → Mogollon-Datil volcanic field ⓘ
this entity surface form: San Juan volcanic field
Silver City, New Mexico → region → Mogollon-Datil volcanic field ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mogollon-Datil volcanic field vicinity