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The Cinders

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age. The basalt erupted from the vent at the Ice Springs craters less than 700 years ago (as of 2020). It is the youngest basalt flow in Utah.
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The basalt of the Cinders and Tabernacle hill was first mapped by geologists
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: The Cinders
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Quaternary geology of the Black Rock Desert, Millard County, Utah
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hill named Ice Springs craters in the west-central portion of
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The Cinders, looking southwest towards the central cone
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Gilbert and Russell's 1890 Map of the Volcanic District
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To the south is a somewhat older lava flow surrounding
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Index


Elevation
The Cinders is located in Utah
Black Rock Desert volcanic field
Millard County
Range coordinates
38°54′36″N 112°31′56″W / 38.91000°N 112.53222°W / 38.91000; -112.53222
Topo map
volcanic
Utah
Black Rock Desert volcanic field
basalt
Holocene
Tabernacle Hill
Grove Karl Gilbert
Israel Russell
Gilbert and Russell's 1890 Map of the Volcanic District
Ice Springs basalt, near the Ice Caves
Sample of the basalt
The Cinders, looking southwest towards the central cone
The Cinders in 2020
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: The Cinders
Quaternary geology of the Black Rock Desert, Millard County, Utah
Categories
Volcanoes of Utah
Buttes of the United States
Volcanic fields of the Great Basin section
Landforms of Millard County, Utah
Volcanic fields of Utah

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