Fumarole Butte Volcano
Updated: May 6, 2024 23:48 GMT -
Shield 1609 m / 5279 ft
Utah, United States, 39.62°N / -112.8°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Utah, United States, 39.62°N / -112.8°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Fumarole Butte volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
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Background
The Quaternary basaltic-andesite shield volcano Fumarole Butte in west-central Utah is dated 0.9 million years ago. Hot springs are found on the eastern flanks (Nash, in Wood and Kienle 1990).---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
Fumarole Butte Volcano Photos
Sulfur deposits and escaping gas from fumaroles on Vulcano volcano's La Fossa crater rim. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Hot drops of sulfuric acid at a fumarole of Stefanos crater on Nisyros volcano, Greece (Photo: Tobias Schorr)
Fumarole at the crater of La Fossa volcano, Vulcano Island, Eolian Islands, Italy (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
White gypsum and yellow sulphur deposits form bizarre crusts around the fumaroles that have temperatures mostly between 100 and 300 degrees centigrade. (Photo: Tom Pfeiff...