Mono Craters - View Point Traditional Cache
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Mono Craters - View Point
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This is a log only cache - a 35mm film container located on Hwy 158 at an altitude of 7,026 ft.
Eruptions at the Mono-Inyo Craters volcanic field occurred at roughly 500-year intervals over the past 2,000-3,000 years. The most recent eruption in the region was at Mono Lake between 1720 and 1850. A dome grew on the lake floor and emerged to make Paoha Island.
The two southernmost Inyo Craters are in a forested area and are open pits about 600 feet (183 m) across, each with small ponds covering their floors. The magma that created these craters never reached the surface, thus there is no fresh ash or solidified lava there. These craters were formed when heat from the raising magma superheated groundwater until the overlying dirt and rock could no longer contain the pressure, resulting in a massive steam explosion. Radiocarbon dating of a log buried in the debris blanket gave an age of 650 years.
North of these craters are five rhyolite domes, including; Deadman Creek Dome, Glass Creek Dome, Obsidian Dome, and Wilson Butte. These domes are composed of gray rhyolite, frothy pumice, and black obsidian. Radiocarbon dating of trees felled and buried by these volcanoes, indicates ages ranging from 500 to 1,000 years.
Mono Craters to the north sit along the eastern edge of Pumice Valley, a large caldera volcano. Radiocarbon dates for the Mono Craters gives ages of 550 years for the youngest dome to 40,000 years for the oldest. All but four of the 24 exposed domes and flows of the Mono Craters are less than 10,000 years old. The most recent eruptive episode occurred between 1325 and 1365, during which time there were several explosive eruptions and five separate lava flows that oozed onto the surface, including Panun Dome and North Coulee flow.
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