Opal_Cone

Opal Cone

Opal Cone

Mountain in British Columbia, Canada


Opal Cone is a cinder cone located on the southeast flank of Mount Garibaldi in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada. It is the source of a 15 km (9 mi) long broad dacite lava flow with prominent wrinkled ridges. The lava flow is unusually long for a silicic lava flow.

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Opal Cone is a member of the Cascade Volcanoes, but it is located in the Garibaldi Ranges in the Coast Mountains and not in the Cascade Range proper.

See also

References

  • "Opal Cone". BC Geographical Names.
  • Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes:Opal Cone



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