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Opal Cone

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Parent range
  
Mountain type
  
Last eruption
  
7351 BC

Province
  
Age of rock
  
Topo map
  
NTS 92.G/15

Elevation
  
1,736 m

Prominence
  
86 m

Mountain range
  
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Volcanic arc/belt
  
Canadian Cascade ArcGaribaldi Volcanic Belt

Similar
  
Cinder Cone, Round Mountain, Pyroclastic Peak, Vulcan's Thumb, Little Ring Mountain

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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 long broad dacite lava flow with prominent wrinkled ridges. The lava flow is unusually long for a silicic lava flow.

Contents

Map of Opal Cone, Squamish-Lillooet D, BC, Canada

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.

References

Opal Cone Wikipedia