Global Volcanism Program | Chilcotin Group-North

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Basic Data

Volcano Number

Last Known Eruption

Elevation

Latitude
Longitude

320810

Pleistocene

1,800 m / 5,906 ft

51.45°N
122.33°W

Morphology

Volcano Landform
Cluster

Volcano Types
Volcanic field

Tectonic Setting

Intraplate
Continental crust (> 25 km)

Geological Summary

The Chilcotin basalts form an extensive series of flat-lying basaltic lava flows of Miocene to Pleistocene age covering the interior of British Columbia (Mathews, 1989). The flow remnants form eroded volcanic outcrops that appear to have been erupted from now-eroded coalescing small shield volcanoes scattered throughout the intermontaine region. Most flows are 5-10 m thick, but locally are very thick (up to 200 m) where they fill palaeovalleys. In some instances thick sequences of pillows are found, in other localities they form a thin veneer under glacial drift. The Chilcotin basalts are listed here in two groups--a northern group in the Chilcotin Plateau area, and a southern group in the Thompson Plateau. Eroded volcanic outcrops of Pleistocene age of the northern Chilcotin group are found at Alixton Creek, Big Bar, Browns Lake, Crows Bar, Dog Creek, Prentice Gulch, and Thaddeus Lake (Hickson et al., 1994).

References

The following references have all been used during the compilation of data for this volcano, it is not a comprehensive bibliography.

Bevier M L, 1983. Regional stratigraphy and age of Chilcotin Group basalts, south-central British Columbia. Can J Earth Sci, 20: 515-524.

Hickson C J, Edwards B R, 2001. Volcanoes and Volcanic Hazards in Canada. In; Brooks G R (ed) A Synthesis of Geological Hazards in Canada, Geol Surv Can Bull, 548: 1-248.

Hickson C J, Soos A, Wright R, 1994. Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes. Geol Surv Canada Open-File Rpt.

Mathews W H, 1989. Neogene Chilcotin basalts in south-central British Columbia: geology, ages, and geomorphic history. Can J Earth Sci, 26: 969-982.

Wood C A, Kienle J (eds), 1990. Volcanoes of North America. Cambridge, England: Cambridge Univ Press, 354 p.

Eruptive History

The Global Volcanism Program is not aware of any Holocene eruptions from Chilcotin Group-North. If this volcano has had large eruptions (VEI >= 4) prior to 12,000 years ago, information might be found on the Chilcotin Group-North page in the LaMEVE (Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions) database, a part of the Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA).

The Global Volcanism Program has no synonyms or subfeatures listed for Chilcotin Group-North.

Photo Gallery

The Global Volcanism Program has no photographs available for Chilcotin Group-North.

Smithsonian Sample Collections Database

There are no samples for Chilcotin Group-North in the Smithsonian's NMNH Department of Mineral Sciences Rock and Ore collection.

External Sites

Copernicus Browser

The Copernicus Browser replaced the Sentinel Hub Playground browser in 2023, to provide access to Earth observation archives from the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem, the main distribution platform for data from the EU Copernicus missions.

WOVOdat
   Single Volcano View
   Temporal Evolution of Unrest
   Side by Side Volcanoes

WOVOdat is a database of volcanic unrest; instrumentally and visually recorded changes in seismicity, ground deformation, gas emission, and other parameters from their normal baselines. It is sponsored by the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (WOVO) and presently hosted at the Earth Observatory of Singapore.

GVMID Data on Volcano Monitoring Infrastructure The Global Volcano Monitoring Infrastructure Database GVMID, is aimed at documenting and improving capabilities of volcano monitoring from the ground and space. GVMID should provide a snapshot and baseline view of the techniques and instrumentation that are in place at various volcanoes, which can be use by volcano observatories as reference to setup new monitoring system or improving networks at a specific volcano. These data will allow identification of what monitoring gaps exist, which can be then targeted by remote sensing infrastructure and future instrument deployments.

IRIS seismic stations/networks

Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) Data Services map showing the location of seismic stations from all available networks (permanent or temporary) within a radius of 0.18° (about 20 km at mid-latitudes) from the given location of Chilcotin Group-North. Users can customize a variety of filters and options in the left panel. Note that if there are no stations are known the map will default to show the entire world with a "No data matched request" error notice.

UNAVCO GPS/GNSS stations

Geodetic Data Services map from UNAVCO showing the location of GPS/GNSS stations from all available networks (permanent or temporary) within a radius of 20 km from the given location of Chilcotin Group-North. Users can customize the data search based on station or network names, location, and time window. Requires Adobe Flash Player.

Large Eruptions of Chilcotin Group-North

Information about large Quaternary eruptions (VEI >= 4) is cataloged in the Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions (LaMEVE) database of the Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA).

EarthChem

EarthChem develops and maintains databases, software, and services that support the preservation, discovery, access and analysis of geochemical data, and facilitate their integration with the broad array of other available earth science parameters. EarthChem is operated by a joint team of disciplinary scientists, data scientists, data managers and information technology developers who are part of the NSF-funded data facility Integrated Earth Data Applications (IEDA). IEDA is a collaborative effort of EarthChem and the Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS).