Kolob Volcanic Field

SUMMARY

Type: volcanic field
Activity: dormant
Last Eruption: early Holocene or late Pleistocene
Rock Type: basaltic
Eruptive Volume: ?
Location Map from Xerox PARC
Latitude: 37.33 N
Longitude: 113.12 W

Geologic Background:

One of four volcanic fields in southwestern Utah which are a northward extention of the Uinkaret Volcanic Field in northwestern Arizona. There are about a dozen lava flows associated with the Hurricane fault system in the field.

Historic Activity:

• None

Recent Activity:

• None

Data Sources:

• Geology of Utah - William Stokes
• Volcanoes of the World - Simkin & Siebert

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Last Update: 1/6/01