McDermitt Caldera
E1001155
McDermitt Caldera is a large volcanic caldera on the Nevada–Oregon border known for its extensive volcanic history and significant lithium-bearing mineral deposits.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| McDermitt Caldera canonical | 2 |
| McDermitt volcanic field | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12734443 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McDermitt Caldera Context triple: [McDermitt, hasNearbyGeologicalFeature, McDermitt Caldera]
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A.
Fisher Caldera
Fisher Caldera is a large volcanic caldera on Unimak Island in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, known for its expansive crater and association with significant volcanic activity.
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B.
Cordillera Nevada caldera
Cordillera Nevada caldera is a large volcanic depression within the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle complex in the southern Andes of Chile, formed by major explosive eruptions and associated with ongoing geothermal and volcanic activity.
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C.
Island Park Caldera
Island Park Caldera is a large volcanic caldera in eastern Idaho that forms part of the Yellowstone hotspot system and underlies the Island Park region.
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D.
Okmok Caldera
Okmok Caldera is a large, historically active volcanic caldera in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands known for its explosive eruptions and extensive lava fields.
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E.
Red Crater
Red Crater is a prominent volcanic crater and viewpoint within New Zealand’s Tongariro National Park, known for its vivid red rock and dramatic alpine scenery.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McDermitt Caldera Target entity description: McDermitt Caldera is a large volcanic caldera on the Nevada–Oregon border known for its extensive volcanic history and significant lithium-bearing mineral deposits.
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A.
Fisher Caldera
Fisher Caldera is a large volcanic caldera on Unimak Island in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, known for its expansive crater and association with significant volcanic activity.
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B.
Cordillera Nevada caldera
Cordillera Nevada caldera is a large volcanic depression within the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle complex in the southern Andes of Chile, formed by major explosive eruptions and associated with ongoing geothermal and volcanic activity.
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C.
Island Park Caldera
Island Park Caldera is a large volcanic caldera in eastern Idaho that forms part of the Yellowstone hotspot system and underlies the Island Park region.
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D.
Okmok Caldera
Okmok Caldera is a large, historically active volcanic caldera in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands known for its explosive eruptions and extensive lava fields.
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E.
Red Crater
Red Crater is a prominent volcanic crater and viewpoint within New Zealand’s Tongariro National Park, known for its vivid red rock and dramatic alpine scenery.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geological formation
ⓘ
volcanic caldera ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Yellowstone hotspot track
ⓘ
hotspot volcanism ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| formedDuring |
Miocene epoch
ⓘ
linked to:
Miocene
|
| geologicalAge | Miocene ⓘ |
| hasDepositType |
caldera-hosted lithium deposit
ⓘ
volcanic-hosted uranium deposit ⓘ |
| hasEconomicImportance |
critical mineral exploration
ⓘ
lithium resource ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
ash-flow tuff sheets
ⓘ
caldera rim ⓘ resurgent dome ⓘ |
| hasMineralDeposit |
clay-hosted lithium
ⓘ
fluorine ⓘ lithium ⓘ mercury ⓘ potassium ⓘ uranium ⓘ |
| hasResearchDiscipline |
economic geology
ⓘ
geochemistry ⓘ petrology ⓘ volcanology ⓘ |
| hasRockType |
basalt
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ignimbrite ⓘ rhyolite ⓘ tuff ⓘ |
| hasTectonicSetting | extensional regime ⓘ |
| hasVolcanicOrigin | silicic volcanism ⓘ |
| isKnownFor |
extensive volcanic history
ⓘ
significant lithium-bearing mineral deposits ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Basin and Range Province
ⓘ
Great Basin ⓘ Nevada ⓘ Oregon ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Nevada–Oregon border ⓘ |
| near |
McDermitt, Nevada
ⓘ
linked to:
McDermitt
|
| partOf |
McDermitt volcanic field
ⓘ
linked to:
McDermitt Caldera
|
| relatedTo |
Basin and Range extension
ⓘ
linked to:
Basin and Range Province
|
| spans |
Humboldt County, Nevada
ⓘ
Malheur County, Oregon ⓘ
linked to:
Malheur County (partial)
|
| studiedFor |
caldera-related mineralization
ⓘ
lithium resource potential ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: McDermitt Caldera Description of subject: McDermitt Caldera is a large volcanic caldera on the Nevada–Oregon border known for its extensive volcanic history and significant lithium-bearing mineral deposits.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: McDermitt Caldera