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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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