Cinder Mountain

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Cinder Mountain
Highest point
Elevation300 m (980 ft)
Coordinates56°34′N 130°37′W / 56.57°N 130.61°W / 56.57; -130.61
Geography
LocationBritish Columbia, Canada
Parent rangeBoundary Ranges
Geology
Age of rockPleistocene
Mountain typeCinder cone
Last eruptionPleistocene

Cinder Mountain is a partly eroded cinder cone at the head of , British Columbia, Canada. It is one of the Iskut-Unuk River Cones and is the source of a basaltic lava flow that extends 4 km (2 mi) north into . An isolated pile of subaerial basalt flows and associated pillow lava rest on varved clay and till in King Creek. Cinder Mountain last erupted during the Pleistocene.[1]

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  1. ^ Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 2225. Natural Resources Canada. pp. 40–. GGKEY:1R1WRWJJ0YU.


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