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Atlin Volcanic Field

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  • Country
  • Volcanic Region
  • Landform | Volc Type
  • Last Known Eruption
  • 59.708°N
  • 133.358°W

  • 1,880 m
    6,168 ft

  • 320030
  • Latitude
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  • Summit
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The Global Volcanism Program has no activity reports available for Atlin Volcanic Field.

The Global Volcanism Program has no Weekly Reports available for Atlin Volcanic Field.

The Global Volcanism Program has no Bulletin Reports available for Atlin Volcanic Field.

Eruptive History

There is data available for 0 confirmed eruptive period.

[ 1898 Nov 8 ] Uncertain Eruption

Episode 1 | Uncertain
1898 Nov 8 - Unknown Evidence from Unknown
 The Klondike Nugget newspaper report of 28 January 1899 noted that a "cloud" was first observed over the mountain in October, then on 8 November "...the mountain burst forth in flames. Through the smoke cloud there shot forth a stream of molten lava, boulders and ashes that brightened the sky for a radius of nearly 40 miles, and sent its reflected light through the darkness down upon the men working on Birch, Discovery, McKee, Pine and other creeks, the sides of whose banks face the volcano...Ashes fell to a depth of several inches, and the stream down the mountain side increased in magnitude..." An 1899 Geological Survey of Canada report noted a conical mound of brown and black scoria 600 m above the valley floor with a crater about 300 m wide (Hickson et al., 1994). However, field investigations have found no evidence for a volcanic cone or lava flow in the Atlin area from that time, and this report is considered uncertain (Edwards, 2000 pers. comm.).

List of 1 Events for Episode 1

Start Date End Date Event Type Event Remarks
   - - - -    - - - - Explosion Uncertain

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Smithsonian Sample Collections Database

There are no samples for Atlin Volcanic Field in the Smithsonian's NMNH Department of Mineral Sciences Rock and Ore collection.

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