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Black Volcano

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cone and a large filled crater. Several smaller craters, formed late in the eruption, are located on the summit and northeast flank of the volcano. Much of the pyroclastic cone was removed by mining of
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indicates an age for this rock of about 156,000 years. The volcano consists of lava flows radiation from the summit, which has a small
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Black Volcano in Petroglyph National Monument, as seen from its south, at the trail head connecting it to
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Trail up to the top of Black Volcano in Petroglyph National Monument
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New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources Circular
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The volcano is composed of a type of volcanic rock called
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National Park Service National Monuments in New Mexico
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Index

Black Peak

JA volcano
Elevation
Prominence
Coordinates
35°07′57″N 106°46′22″W / 35.1325°N 106.7727°W / 35.1325; -106.7727
Petroglyph National Monument
Bernalillo County
New Mexico
US
Age of rock
Mountain type
Last eruption
inactive volcano
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque volcanic field
JA volcano
Petroglyph National Monument
Vulcan
fissure eruption
olivine
tholeiitic
basalt
Radiometric dating
pyroclastic
cinder
xenoliths
Santa Fe Group
Trail up to the top of Black Volcano in Petroglyph National Monument

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