Medicine Lake Volcano

Medicine Lake Volcano

Medicine Lake Volcano is a large shield volcano in northeastern California about northeast of Mount Shasta. The volcano is located in a zone of east–west crustal extension east of the main axis of the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the Cascade Range. The thick shield is from east to west and from north to south, and covers more than . The underlying rock has downwarped by under the center of the volcano. The volcano is primarily composed of basalt and basaltic andesite lava flows, and has a caldera at the center.

Details

Age
About 500,000 years
Url
http://www.nps.gov/archive/labe/content/RM_MedLakeVolcano.htm
Topo
USGS Medicine Lake
Type
Shield volcano
Work
Lava Beds National Monument
Range
Cascade Range
Title
Medicine Lake Shield Volcano: The Sleeping Giant
Location
Siskiyou County, California, U.S.
Publisher
National Park Service
Elevation Ft
7921
Volcanic Arc
Cascade Volcanic Arc
Last Eruption
1080 ± 25 years