Camargo volcanic field


The Camargo volcanic field is a volcanic field in north-central Mexico. It lies within the northern portion of the Bolsón de Mapimí graben and includes more than 300 eruptive centres, most of which are in the form of cinder cones and lava cones. These cones overlie a wide and long lava plateau that covers an area of.
Volcanism in the Camargo volcanic field took place mainly during the Pliocene, but lesser activity continued into the Pleistocene. An age of 1.43 ± 0.05 million years has been obtained from Cerro el Salto, the best-studied eruptive centre of the Camargo volcanic field. This Pleistocene cinder cone was once mined for its peridot which occurs in spinel-lherzolite xenoliths.

Volcanoes

The Camargo volcanic field includes the following volcanoes:
NameElevationCoordinates
Cerro los Amoles
Cerros las Casitas
Cerro las Colorados
Cerro el Divisadero
Cerro Don Pedro
Cerro el Pablo
Cerro Quemado
Cerro el Salto
Loma la Venada
Cerro los Venados