Camargo volcanic field

Camargo volcanic field is a broad volcanic province in north-central Mexico in the northern Bolsón de Mapimí graben. Instead of one volcano, it consists of more than 300 eruptive centers, mostly cinder and lava cones, scattered across a lava plateau about 60 kilometers wide and 70 kilometers long that covers roughly 2,500 square kilometers. Volcanic activity occurred chiefly during the Pliocene, with smaller episodes continuing into the Pleistocene. A well-studied center, Cerro el Salto, is a Pleistocene cinder cone dated to about 1.43 million years ago and was once mined for peridot found in spinel-lherzolite xenoliths. The field stands out as a large, long-lived volcanic landscape formed through many small vents.

Chihuahua · Mexico