Mogollon-Datil volcanic field

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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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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 ⓘ
Bursum caldera ⓘ
Datil Mountains ⓘ
Gila Cliff Dwellings region ⓘ
Gila National Forest ⓘ
Gila Wilderness region ⓘ
Luna Park caldera ⓘ
Mogollon Mountains ⓘ
Socorro caldera ⓘ
country 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 ⓘ
Mogollon Mountains ⓘ
overlies Colorado Plateau margin ⓘ
Rio Grande rift margin ⓘ
linked to: Rio Grande Rift
partOf Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Southern Rocky Mountains volcanic field system ⓘ
peakVolcanicActivity about 36 to 24 million years ago ⓘ
period Neogene ⓘ
Paleogene ⓘ
region southwestern United States ⓘ
tectonicSetting subduction-related arc volcanism ⓘ
transition to extensional tectonics ⓘ

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

Mogollon Mountains → partOf → Mogollon-Datil volcanic field ⓘ
Ute Mountain → volcanicField → San Juan volcanic field ⓘ
linked to: Mogollon-Datil volcanic field
Silver City, New Mexico → region → Mogollon-Datil volcanic field vicinity ⓘ
linked to: Mogollon-Datil volcanic field
Mogollon Baldy → isPartOf → Mogollon-Datil volcanic field region ⓘ
linked to: Mogollon-Datil volcanic field