| 词条 | McDermitt Caldera | ||||
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| name = McDermitt Caldera | photo = | photo_size = | photo_alt = | photo_caption = | map = Oregon | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of the caldera in Oregon and Nevada | map_relief = | map_size = | location = Harney County, Oregon Malheur County, Oregon Humboldt County, Nevada | label_position = top | elevation_ft = 6816 | elevation_ref = [1] | parent_peak = | range = | coordinates = {{coord|42|00|05|N|117|59|48|W|type:mountain_region:US_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | topo = | range_coordinates = | type = Caldera | age = About 19 million years (Miocene) | last_eruption = 16.39 ± 0.02 million years ago (Miocene) | access = }} The McDermitt Caldera is a large, oval-shaped caldera west of McDermitt in southeastern Oregon and northern Nevada in the United States. It is about {{convert|28|mi|km}} wide north to south and {{convert|22|mi|km}} wide east to west.[2] The western part of the caldera is in the Trout Creek Mountains, and the northern part is in the Oregon Canyon Mountains.[2][3] McDermitt Caldera is possibly the oldest caldera in a sequence of calderas formed by the Yellowstone Hotspot.[4] The caldera was formed when a lava dome made of rhyolite collapsed in an eruption between 16.37 and 16.41[4] million years ago. The lava dome had been built by volcanic eruptions starting about 19 million years ago.[2][3] The highest point in the McDermitt Caldera is Jordan Meadow Mountain,[1] part of the Montana Mountains, which is {{convert|6816|ft|m}} at its peak elevation.[5] A lake formed after the caldera collapsed, and it deposited varved sediments, diatomite, horizons with opal or carbonaceous material, and mafic lavas.[6] Significant ore deposits are buried in the caldera, including mercury and uranium, which were mined at more than eight sites in the caldera during the 20th century. Mercury at these mines was extracted in large amounts, and it came mostly from cinnabar.[2][7] The McDermitt Mine, located on the eastern edge of the caldera in Nevada, was the last active mercury mine in the United States before it shut down in 1992.[8] Uranium was discovered in the caldera in 1953, and it was extracted mainly at the Moonlight mine on the caldera's southwestern edge,[2][9] from a rhyolite brecciated fault zone.[6] The uranium ore minerals include uraninite and coffinite. The age of the uranium formation is assumed to be the same as the caldera tuff, which is approximately 16.1 Ma.[6] Other deposits in the caldera contain ores of antimony, cesium, and lithium.[10] References1. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1978/0926/report.pdf|title=Relation of Mercury, Uranium, and Lithium Deposits to the McDermitt Caldera Complex, Nevada-Oregon|last1=Rytuba|last2=Glanzman|first1=James J.|first2=Richard K.|date=1978|publisher=United States Geological Survey|page=8|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=19 June 2018}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|url=http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1976/0535/report.pdf|title=Geology and Ore Deposits of the McDermitt Caldera, Nevada–Oregon|author=Rytuba, James J.|year=1976|publisher=United States Geological Survey|accessdate=3 August 2015}} 3. ^1 {{cite journal | last1=Ryuba|first1=James J.|first2=Walter K.|last2=Conrad | url=http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/mineral1/data/a178/a178/0001/0050/0063.htm | title=Petrochemical Characteristics of Volcanic Rocks Associated with Uranium Deposits In The McDermitt Caldera Complex | editor1-first=P. C.|editor1-last=Goodell|editor2-first=A. C.|editor2-last=Waters |year=1981|page=63|journal=Studies in Geology|accessdate=3 August 2015}} 4. ^1 {{Cite journal|last=Henry|first=Christopher D.|last2=Castor|first2=Stephen B.|last3=Starkel|first3=William A.|last4=Ellis|first4=Ben S.|last5=Wolff|first5=John A.|last6=Laravie|first6=Joseph A.|last7=McIntosh|first7=William C.|last8=Heizler|first8=Matthew T.|date=17 July 2017|title=Geology and evolution of the McDermitt caldera, northern Nevada and southeastern Oregon, western USA|url=https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geosphere/article/13/4/1066/350213/geology-and-evolution-of-the-mcdermitt-caldera|journal=Geosphere|language=en|volume=13|issue=4|pages=1066–1112|doi=10.1130/GES01454.1|issn=1553-040X}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.listsofjohn.com/peak/44852|title=Jordan Meadow Mountain - 6,816' Nevada|website=Listsofjohn.com|access-date=17 June 2018}} 6. ^1 2 {{cite book|last1=Nash|first1=J. Thomas|title=Volcanogenic Uranium Deposits: Geology, Geochemical Processes, and Criteria for Resource Assessment, USGS Open-File Report 2010-1001|date=2010|publisher=United States Geological Survey|location=Reston, Virginia|pages=17–22}} 7. ^{{cite book|author1=Orr, Elizabeth L.|author2=Orr, William N.|year=1999|edition=5th|title=Geology of Oregon|location=Dubuque, Iowa|publisher=Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company|page=93|isbn=978-0-7872-6608-0|oclc=42944922}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=Mercury|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=January 2012|url=http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/mercury/mcs-2012-mercu.pdf|accessdate=6 August 2015}} 9. ^{{cite book|author=Dahlkamp, Franz J.|year=2010|volume=Volume 2|title=Uranium Deposits of the World: USA and Latin America|pages=282, 290|isbn=978-3-540-78559-0|publisher=Springer Science+Business Media|location=Berlin, Germany}} 10. ^{{cite journal|title=Peralkaline ash flow tuffs and calderas of the McDermitt Volcanic Field, southeast Oregon and north central Nevada|last1=Rytuba|first1=James J.|last2=McKee|first2=Edwin H.|date=30 September 1984|doi=10.1029/JB089iB10p08616|journal=Journal of Geophysical Research|volume=89|issue=B10|pages=8616–8628}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mindat.org/min-2225.html|title=Kleinite|work=Mindat.org|publisher=Hudson Institute of Mineralogy|accessdate=19 June 2018}} 7 : Landforms of Harney County, Oregon|Landforms of Humboldt County, Nevada|Landforms of Malheur County, Oregon|Landforms of the Great Basin|Calderas of the United States|Volcanoes of Nevada|Volcanoes of Oregon |
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