| Country | Mexico |
| Volcanic Region | Trans-Mexican Volcanic Arc |
| Landform | Volc Type | Cluster | Volcanic field |
| Last Known Eruption | 1145 CE |
| Coordinates | 19.635°N, 96.91°W |
| Elevation | 2,000 m (6,562 ft) |
| Volcano Number | 341095 |
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There is data available for 2 confirmed eruptive periods.
1145 ± 95 years Confirmed Eruption (Explosive / Effusive) VEI: 2
| Episode 1 | Eruption (Explosive / Effusive) | Lower NE flank (El Volcancillo) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1145 ± 95 years - Unknown | Evidence from Isotopic: 14C (calibrated) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charcoal beneath one of two major lava flows from the El Volcancillo cone gave radiocarbon dates of 910 ± 50 and 850 ± 40 years BP, corresponding to a weighted average of 870 ± 30 BP. This corresponds to a calibrated calendar age of 1050-1240 CE. The vent area consists of a large double cone that produced two distinct lava flows, the aa Toxtlacuaya flow from the SE vent and the pāhoehoe Río Naolinco flow from the NW vent. The latter traveled 50 km, dropping down 2,280 m in elevation. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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List of 6 Events for Episode 1 at Lower NE flank (El Volcancillo)
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1202 BCE ± 180 years Confirmed Eruption (Explosive / Effusive)
| Episode 1 | Eruption (Explosive / Effusive) | Rincón de Chapultepec | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1202 BCE ± 180 years - Unknown | Evidence from Isotopic: 14C (calibrated) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charcoal beneath the Coacotzintla lava flow from Rincon de Chapultepec cinder cone was radiocarbon dated at 2,980 ±55 BP (Siebert and Carrasco-Nunez 2000, pers. comm.). This corresponds to a 2-sigma corrected calendar age ranging between 1022 and 1382 BCE. The cinder cone was constructed along a ridge crest N of the town of Coacotzintla. A lava flow traveled 6 km S to the area of the town and then diverted around a limestone ridge, where it is overlain by the Rio Naolinco lava flow from the El Volcancillo cone to the W. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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List of 6 Events for Episode 1 at Rincón de Chapultepec
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This compilation of synonyms and subsidiary features may not be comprehensive. Features are organized into four major categories: Cones, Craters, Domes, and Thermal Features. Synonyms of features appear indented below the primary name. In some cases additional feature type, elevation, or location details are provided.
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| Feature Name | Feature Type | Elevation | Latitude | Longitude |
| Acatlán, Cerro | Pyroclastic cone | 2022 m | 19° 41' 0.00" N | 96° 51' 15.00" W |
| Bolsa, Cerro la | Pyroclastic cone | 1000 m | 19° 37' 0.00" N | 96° 40' 0.00" W |
| Central Cone Group | Pyroclastic cone | 2340 m | 19° 37' 30.00" N | 97° 2' 0.00" W |
| Cerrito, Cerro el | Pyroclastic cone | 1780 m | 19° 40' 0.00" N | 97° 0' 0.00" W |
| Colorado, Cerro | Pyroclastic cone | 2800 m | 19° 36' 0.00" N | 97° 7' 0.00" W |
| Gordo, Cerro | Pyroclastic cone | 1784 m | 19° 39' 48.00" N | 96° 55' 5.00" W |
| Gordo, Cerro | Pyroclastic cone | 992 m | 19° 35' 16.00" N | 96° 50' 16.00" W |
| Hoyo, Cerro el | Pyroclastic cone | 1670 m | 19° 41' 50.00" N | 96° 48' 54.00" W |
| Joya, La | Pyroclastic cone | 2300 m | 19° 36' 30.00" N | 97° 1' 0.00" W |
| Liborio, Cerro | Pyroclastic cone | 1230 m | 19° 40' 0.00" N | 96° 41' 0.00" W |
| Pastores, Cerro | Pyroclastic cone | 1140 m | 19° 39' 0.00" N | 96° 41' 0.00" W |
| Rincon de Chapultepec | Cone | 1730 m | 19° 41' 30.00" N | 96° 56' 25.00" W |
| Volcancillo, El | Pyroclastic cone | 2637 m | 19° 36' 55.00" N | 97° 4' 36.00" W |
The Naolinco Volcanic Field consists of a broad area of scattered Quaternary cones and associated lava flows north of the city of Jalapa, the capital city of the state of Veracruz. Cerro Acatlán in the distance is the largest cone, and is located NE of the town of Naolinco de Victoria. This and other nearby cones have fed lava flows that traveled to the S and SE. The barren area in the foreground is part of the Río Naolinco lava flow, which erupted from vents on the NE flank of Cofre de Perote volcano.
The Coacoatzintla lava flow that fills this valley floor originated from a vent at the base of Rincón de Chapultepec crater in the foreground. It was dated to about 3,000 years ago and underlies the present-day town of Coacoatzintla, seen in front of the dark-colored hill below the right horizon. The flow, which traveled 6 km to the south, diverted around the hill (formed of limestone bedrock) into the valley of the Río Naolinco, which extends from right to left in the distance. This eruption is the youngest known from the Naolinco Volcanic Field.
The rounded ridge in the foreground is the tephra-mantled surface of a lava flow erupted from the base of the Rincón de Chapultepec scoria cone about 3,000 years ago. This 50-m-thick lobe was extruded for a distance of 2 km to the south on top of an earlier olivine-basaltic lava flow that filled the valley floor and traveled 6 km from the vent.
The Rincón de Chapultepec scoria cone is seen here with a switchback road on the southern flank and is one of the younger vents within the Naolinco volcanic field. The crater rim is barely visible against the tip of a ridge of the Sierra de Chiconquiaco range on which the cone was constructed. The valley floor is underlain by tephra deposits from Rincón de Chapultepec that overlie a lava flow that issued from the base of the cone. Rincón de Chapultepec formed about 3,000 years ago. 
The Puebla Vieja cone along the horizon to the left is one of the westernmost cones of the Naolinco Volcanic Field. The forested hill in the center of the photo is the distal portion of a lava flow that traveled to the SE down the valley floor. In the foreground are exposures of the Coacoatzintla lava flow from the Rincón de Chapultepec cone.There are no samples for Naolinco Volcanic Field in the Smithsonian's NMNH Department of Mineral Sciences Rock and Ore collection.
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| EarthScope Consortium SAGE seismic stations/networks | EarthScope Consortium operates the NSF Geodetic Facility for the Advancement of Geoscience (GAGE) and NSF Seismological Facility for the Advancement of Geoscience (SAGE). The linked map shows 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 Naolinco Volcanic Field. 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. |
| Large Eruptions of Naolinco Volcanic Field | 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). |
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