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Davis Lake volcanic field

Davis Lake

Volcanic field · United States · 2163m

Three small scoria cones oriented along a N-S line produced large andesite lava flows. The northernmost flow formed the natural dam that created Davis Lake (right) and the two other flows are located behind Hamner Butte in the background. The middle flow has been radiocarbon dated to about 5,050-5,600 years old; the other two are considered to have erupted at around the same time and are possibly surface manifestations of the same dike.
Three small scoria cones oriented along a N-S line produced large andesite lava flows. The northernmost flow formed the natural dam that created Davis Lake (right) and the two other flows are located behind Hamner Butte in the background. The middle flow has been radiocarbon dated to about 5,050-5,600 years old; the other two are considered to have erupted at around the same time and are possibly surface manifestations of the same dike. · Photo: Photo by Lee Siebert, 1995 (Smithsonian Institution). · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Volcanic field
Country
United States
Region
North America Volcanic Regions / High Cascades Volcanic Arc
Elevation
2163m
Coordinates
43.570, -121.820
Last eruption
-2790
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Cluster
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Geological summary

The Davis Lake area contains three andesitic Holocene cinder cones and associated fresh-looking lava flows along a N-S line at the base of a group of Pleistocene basaltic andesite shield volcanoes east of the crest of the Cascade Range, south of the Mount Bachelor volcanic chain. The northernmost lava flow created a natural barrier forming Davis Lake and lies at the western base of the Pleistocene Davis Mountain shield volcano and at the SW end of Wickiup Reservoir. The two southern flows are in a flat-lying area straddling Crescent Creek between Hamner and Odell Buttes. The middle lava flow was erupted from a small breached cinder cone on the lower southern flank of Hamner Butte and was radiocarbon dated at 4,740 years before present. The southernmost lava flow originated from a cone at the ENE base of Odell Butte. All three lava flows were probably erupted at about the same time.

From Wikipedia

The Davis Lake volcanic field is a volcanic field with a group of andesitic cinder cones, lava flows and basaltic andesite shield volcano. The field is located east of the Cascade Range of Oregon, United States.

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Eruption history

Summary (VEI over time)
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2790 BCE~2790 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?2790 BCE2790 BCE2789 BCE2789 BCE2789 BCE

Detailed timeline

  1. 2790 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    BCE 2790 – Ongoing
    S flank of Hamner Butte (Black Rock)

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