Baldface Mountain volcanic field
Baldface Mountain volcanic field is located in British Columbia
Baldface Mountain volcanic field
Baldface Mountain volcanic field
Highest point
PeakBaldface Mountain
Elevation1,798 m (5,899 ft)
Coordinates52°45′35″N 124°31′53″W / 52.75972°N 124.53139°W / 52.75972; -124.53139
Geography
LocationBritish Columbia, Canada
Geology
Volcanic beltAnahim Volcanic Belt

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]

Volcanic features

All features listed in this table were derived from Kuehn et al. (2015).[1]

NameLandformRock typeAge (Ma)Coordinates
-Cinder cone--52°44′N 124°33.8′W / 52.733°N 124.5633°W / 52.733; -124.5633
-Cinder coneTrachybasalt2.4352°43.2′N 124°33.2′W / 52.7200°N 124.5533°W / 52.7200; -124.5533
-Eroded coneBasanite1.3752°44.2′N 124°29′W / 52.7367°N 124.483°W / 52.7367; -124.483
-Eroded coneBasalt-52°42.4′N 124°29.5′W / 52.7067°N 124.4917°W / 52.7067; -124.4917
-Eroded coneHawaiite0.9152°43.5′N 124°29.2′W / 52.7250°N 124.4867°W / 52.7250; -124.4867
Baldface MountainPolygenetic coneTrachyte, phonolite2.52–2.3752°32′3″N 124°45′1″W / 52.53417°N 124.75028°W / 52.53417; -124.75028
-Cinder coneTrachybasalt2.2252°38.5′N 124°26.6′W / 52.6417°N 124.4433°W / 52.6417; -124.4433
Whitetop MountainEroded cone?--52°38.9′N 124°33.4′W / 52.6483°N 124.5567°W / 52.6483; -124.5567

See also

References

  1. 1 2 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.
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