Red Hill volcanic field

Red Hill volcanic field

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Name = Red Hill volcanic field
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Location = New Mexico, USA
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Type = Volcanic field
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Red Hill volcanic field, also known as Quemado volcanic field, is a monogenetic volcanic field located in the vicinity of the ghost town of Red Hill in Catron County New Mexico, USA. Also known as the Quemado volcanic field, Red Hill is 24 kilometers east of the larger Springerville volcanic field and immediately south of the Zuni Salt Lake field. The area is made up of scoria cone and silicic dome fields. [cite web
title = Volcanoes of New Mexico
work = New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
publisher = New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs
url = http://www.nmnaturalhistory.org/sci_volcanoes.html
format = HTML
accessdate = 2007-06-14
] The last eruption was 23,000 yrs B.P. [(nd) [http://users.bendnet.com/bjensen/volcano/us/newmexico-redhill.html Red Hill Volcanic Field] . Retrieved 6/14/07.]

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*List of volcanoes in the United States of America

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