Volcano Name: | Medicine Lake | Smithsonian Inst ID (SI_VNUM): | 323020 |
Alternate Name: |
Badger Peak Bearpaw Butte Big Glass Mountain Big Sand Butte Black Mountain Bonita Butte Border Mountain Buck Butte Burnt Lava Flow Caldwell Butte Cinder Butte Cinder Cone Cougar Butte Crescent Butte Deep Crater Doe Peak Double Hole Crater East Sand Butte Fourmile Hill Giant Crater Glass Mountain Hardin Butte High Hole Crater Hippo Butte Indian Butte Little Glass Mountain Little Mt. Hoffman Little Sand Butte Lookout Butte Lyons Peak Mammoth Crater Medicine Lake Highland Modoc-Medicine Lake Field Mt. Hoffman Paint Pot Crater Papoose Hill Powder Hill Pumice Stone Mountain Red Cap Mountain Red Hill Red Shale Butte Schonchin Butte Semi Crater Shotgun Peak Six Shooter Butte Snag Hill Stone Mountain Three Sisters Whitney Butte |
Volcano Type: | Shield volcano(es) |
Latitude: | 41.6111111100 | ||
Longitude: | -121.5536111000 | ||
Region: | Canada and Western USA | Sub Region: | USA (California) |
Date Entered: | 02/05/2012 |
Eruption Start Date: | 171000 BP | Date Error: | 43000 | |
Eruption End Date: | Dating Technique: | Ar-Ar | ||
Eruption Date Quality: | Low quality | Preferred Date: | Y | |
Bulk DRE Volume (km3): | 4.200 (Calculated) | ||
Bulk deposit volume (km3): | 10.000 (Literature) | ||
Magnitude : | 6.000 (Calculated) | ||
Maximum VEI : | 6.000 (Calculated) |
Magma: | Dacite | ||
Calculated Density: | |||
Rock Classification: | |||
Dacite |
Eruption Start Date: | 1006000 BP | Date Error: | 25000 | |
Eruption End Date: | Dating Technique: | Ar-Ar | ||
Eruption Date Quality: | Low quality | Preferred Date: | Y | |
Bulk DRE Volume (km3): | > 1.000 (Literature) | ||
Bulk deposit volume (km3): | > 2.300 (Calculated) | ||
Magnitude : | 5.400 (Calculated) | ||
Maximum VEI : | 5.000 (Literature) |
Magma: | Rhyolite | ||
Calculated Density: | |||
Rock Classification: | |||
Rhyolite |