Springerville volcanic field explained

Springerville volcanic field
Location:Arizona, United States
Coordinates:34.25°N -143°W
Type:Volcanic field
Age:2.1–0.3 million years[1]
Volcanic Arc/Belt:Basin and Range Province

Springerville volcanic field is a monogenetic volcanic field located in east-central Arizona between Springerville and Show Low. The field consists of 405 discrete vents[2] covering approximately 3000sigfig=2NaNsigfig=2[1] and is the third-largest such field in the continental United States;[3] only the San Francisco volcanic field and Medicine Lake volcanic field are larger.[4] The total erupted volume is estimated at 90km3.[5]

The field is located towards the western end of the Jemez Lineament.[6]

Notable vents

Name Elevation Last eruption
Cerro Hueco[7] [8] 34.3162°N -109.5548°W unknown
Twin Knolls [9] 34.2089°N -109.9098°Wunknown
Wolf Mountain [10] 34.1978°N -109.7401°W unknown

Economic resources

The St. Johns carbon dioxide reservoir is located in the northwest part of the Springerville volcanic field and has estimated reserves of 445 billion cubic meters. Effort since the mid-1990s to either extract helium from the reservoir or to ship carbon dioxide to the Permian Basinc for enhanced oil recovery have not come to fruition. A more recent US Department of Energy proposal is to use carbon dioxide from the reservoir as a heat exchange fluid for extraction of geothermal energy from the volcanic field.[11]

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Notes and References

  1. Condit . C. D. . C. B. Connor . Recurrence rates of volcanism in basaltic volcanic fields; an example from the Springerville volcanic field, Arizona . GSA Bulletin . 108 . 10 . 1225–1241 . . October 1996 . 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<1225:RROVIB>2.3.CO;2 . 2009-01-13.
  2. Connor . C.B. . C. D. Condit, L. S. Crumpler, and J. C. Aubele . Evidence of Regional Structural Controls on Vent Distribution: Springerville Volcanic Field, Arizona . Journal of Geophysical Research . 97(B9) . 12 . 12, 349–12,359 . . 1992 . 10.1029/92jb00929 . 1992JGR....9712349C . 2008-09-04.
  3. Book: Gattuso, John . Brian Bell . Insight Guide Arizona & the Grand Canyon . APA Publications . 2002 . 75 . 978-1-58573-169-5.
  4. Book: Samson , Karl . Frommer's Arizona 2005 . . October 2004 . 314 . 978-0-7645-7894-6.
  5. Goff . Fraser . Kelley . Shari A. . Facts and hypothesis regarding the Miocene–Holocen Jemez Lineament, New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado . New Mexico Geological Society Special Publication . 2020 . 14 . 1–15 . 22 October 2020.
  6. Channer . Micheal A. . Ricketts . Jason W. . Zimmerer . Matthew . Heizler . Matthew . Karlstrom . Karl E. . Surface uplift above the Jemez mantle anomaly in the past 4 Ma based on 40Ar/39Ar dated paleoprofiles of the Rio San Jose, New Mexico, USA . Geosphere . 1 October 2015 . 11 . 5 . 1384–1400 . 10.1130/GES01145.1 . 2015Geosp..11.1384C . free .
  7. Book: Wood, Charles A. . Jűrgen Kienle . Volcanoes of North America . 6.4 . . 1993 . 284–286 . 0-521-43811-X .
  8. Web site: Cerro Hueco, Arizona . PlaceKeeper . 2 August 2019.
  9. Web site: Twin Knolls in Navajo County, Arizona. PlaceKeeper. 2 August 2019.
  10. Web site: Wolf Mountain, Arizona . PlaceKeeper . 2 August 2019.
  11. Goff . Fraser . Kelley . Shari A. . Facts and hypothesis regarding the Miocene–Holocen Jemez Lineament, New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado . New Mexico Geological Society Special Publication . 2020 . 14 . 1–15 . 22 October 2020.

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