Mount Maidu Explained

Mount Maidu
Elevation Ft:6965
Coordinates:40.2989°N -121.6169°W
Type:Stratovolcano[1]
Last Eruption:Pleistocene[2]

Mount Maidu, located in Tehama County, California, is an extinct stratovolcano[3] south of the Lassen volcanic center. It has Mineral, California, a small community, in its caldera.

Geography

Mount Maidu is located southwest of Mount Tehama, northwest of Lake Almanor, and north of Chico, California.

Geology

Mount Maidu is one of the several stratovolcanoes that surround the modern Lassen Peak.[4] It has rhyolite lava domes on its northern flank.[5]

Notes and References

  1. https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=323819
  2. https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=323819
  3. https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=323819
  4. https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/lassen-volcanic-center/science/eruption-history-lassen-volcanic-center-and-surrounding
  5. https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=323819