SP Crater (right foreground), like many volcanoes in Arizona’s San Francisco volcanic field, erupted mafic lava that lacks sanidine crystals.
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SP Crater (right foreground), like many volcanoes in Arizona’s San Francisco volcanic field, erupted mafic lava that lacks sanidine crystals.

USGS scientist collects a sample from a basalt lava flow for cosmogenic surface exposure dating
linkA USGS scientists uses a hammer and chisel to collect a sample from the surface of a basalt boulder in the San Francisco Volcanic Field of northern Arizona. The age of the sample will be determined using a technique called cosmogenic surface exposure dating, which determines how long the rock has been exposed to cosmic rays at the surface of the Earth.
USGS scientist collects a sample from a basalt lava flow for cosmogenic surface exposure dating
linkA USGS scientists uses a hammer and chisel to collect a sample from the surface of a basalt boulder in the San Francisco Volcanic Field of northern Arizona. The age of the sample will be determined using a technique called cosmogenic surface exposure dating, which determines how long the rock has been exposed to cosmic rays at the surface of the Earth.

Sunset Crater is the youngest cinder cone of the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona.
linkEruptions between 1064 and 1067 AD produced three lava flows that covered 8 km2 (3 mi2) and a field of scoria and spatter that covers 2300 km2 (890 mi2). Archeological evidence shows that there were communities of people living in the area who were impacted by the eruption.
Sunset Crater is the youngest cinder cone of the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona.
linkEruptions between 1064 and 1067 AD produced three lava flows that covered 8 km2 (3 mi2) and a field of scoria and spatter that covers 2300 km2 (890 mi2). Archeological evidence shows that there were communities of people living in the area who were impacted by the eruption.
Lava flow from SP Crater viewed toward the north from the rim of SP, San Francisco Volcanic Field, Arizona.
Lava flow from SP Crater viewed toward the north from the rim of SP, San Francisco Volcanic Field, Arizona.
San Francisco Peaks, north of Flagstaff, Arizona, viewed from the northeast. This mountain cluster is the tallest of the San Francisco Volcanic field.
San Francisco Peaks, north of Flagstaff, Arizona, viewed from the northeast. This mountain cluster is the tallest of the San Francisco Volcanic field.

Sunset Crater, a basaltic cinder cone in the San Francisco Volcanic Field, Arizona, erupted in 1085 A.D.
Sunset Crater, a basaltic cinder cone in the San Francisco Volcanic Field, Arizona, erupted in 1085 A.D.