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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Dotsero
During the mid-Holocene a maar was formed in central Colorado near the junction of the Colorado and Eagle Rivers west of the Gore Range. The quarry in the foreground is cut into basaltic tephra deposits on the rim of the maar. The 700 m wide maar is 400 m deep and cuts a ridge of evaporites and reddish oxidized sandstones of Pennsylvanian age, which can be seen on the far crater wall. The maar was erupted about 4150 radiocarbon years ago and is the youngest volcanic feature of Colorado. The Eagle River lies to the south in the valley beyond the crater. Photo by Lee Siebert, 1999 (Smithsonian Institution).
Volcano Number:
328010
Volcano Name:
Dotsero
Country:
United States
Volcano Type:
Maar
Last Eruption:
2200 BCE
Elevation:
2230m
Tectonic Setting:
Rift zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Pop. within 5km:
725
Pop. within 10km:
4821
Pop. within 30km:
30534
Pop. within 100km:
182405
Latitude:
39.6613
Longitude:
-107.0355
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A small maar and scoria cone complex at Dotsero is located near the junction of the Colorado and Eagle Rivers west of the Gore Range. Highway I-70 cuts across a lava flow, but the most prominent feature of the complex is a 700 m wide and 400 m deep maar that was erupted about 4,150 radiocarbon years ago along a ridge consisting of evaporites and reddish oxidized sandstones of Pennsylvanian age. Small scoria cones were constructed along a NNE-SSW line on either side of the maar. Small lahars preceded eruption of a basaltic lava flow that traveled 3 km down two narrow V-shaped valleys and spread out onto the floodplain of the Eagle River, diverting the river to the south side of the valley. Older Pleistocene basaltic lava flows occur nearby at Willow Peak, McCoy, and Triangle Peak.
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