Sheep Track Pumice

Sheep Track Pumice

Sheep Track Pumice is the name for a pumice deposit in northern British Columbia, Canada. It lies in the Snowshoe lava field and is thought to have formed in the Holocene period. [ [http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/volcanoes/cat/volcano_e.php?id=svb_stp_093 Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes: Sheep Track Pumice] ]

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