Latour Butte Explained

Latour Butte
Elevation Ft:6739
Coordinates:40.6078°N -121.7089°W
Type:Volcanic cone
Last Eruption:Pleistocene

Latour Butte, located in Shasta County, California, is an extinct lava cone in the Cascade Range.

Geography

Latour Butte is located northwest of Table Mountain, Chaos Crags, and Lassen Peak, southwest of Magee Peak, southeast of Snow Mountain, and east of Redding, California.

Geology

Latour Butte is one of the volcanic centers that erupted before Lassen Peak formed. It was among the first to erupt, and it is a lava cone, unlike most of the other old volcanic centers, which are stratovolcanoes.