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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Miravalles
A geothermal area is seen here on the Miravalles SW flank in 1988. The edifice is one of five post-caldera cones constructed within the Pleistocene Guayabo caldera. Lava flows cover the W and SW flanks. A small steam explosion was reported in 1946 and a producing geothermal field is located within the caldera. Photo by William Melson, 1988 (Smithsonian Institution)
Volcano Number:
345030
Volcano Name:
Miravalles
Country:
Costa Rica
Volcano Type:
Stratovolcano
Last Eruption:
1946 CE
Elevation:
2028m
Tectonic Setting:
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Pop. within 5km:
79
Pop. within 10km:
7492
Pop. within 30km:
61875
Pop. within 100km:
757945
Latitude:
10.748
Longitude:
-85.153
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Miravalles is an andesitic stratovolcano that is one of five post-caldera cones along a NE-trending line within the broad 15 x 20 km Guayabo (Miravalles) caldera. The caldera was formed during several major explosive eruptions that produced voluminous dacitic-rhyolitic pyroclastic flows between ~1.5 and 0.6 million years ago. Growth of post-caldera volcanoes in the eastern part of the caldera that overtopped much of the eastern and southern caldera rims was interrupted by edifice collapse which produced a major debris avalanche to the SW. Morphologically youthful lava flows cover the W and SW flanks of the post-caldera Miravalles complex, which rises above the town of Guayabo on the flat western caldera floor. A small steam explosion on the SW flank was reported in 1946. High heat flow remains, and it is the site of a large developed geothermal field.
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