Skukum Group

Skukum Group

The Skukum Group is a 55 million year old group of discreet calderas in British Columbia and the Yukon Territory, Canada. The group take place in a linear range from the south end of Atlin Lake to Bennett Lake then to Aishihik Lake. The cluster of rocks crowds the Mount Skukum gold deposit southwest of Whitehorse. One of the calderas within the group is the Bennett Lake Caldera.

ee also

*Volcanism in Canada
*Skookum


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