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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 28 miles (45 km) long north–south and 22 miles (35 km) wide east–west. [3] The western part of the caldera is in the Trout Creek Mountains, and the northern part is in the Oregon Canyon Mountains.
McDermitt's economy has historically been based on mining, ranching and farming. In the period 1917 to 1989 it was home to four nationally significant mercury mines in the McDermitt Caldera – Bretz, Opalite, Cordero and McDermitt – which from 1933 to 1989 were the largest producers in North America.
The resulting calderas include the Island Park Caldera, Henry's Fork Caldera, and the Bruneau-Jarbidge caldera. The hotspot currently lies under the Yellowstone Caldera . [ 1 ] The hotspot's most recent caldera-forming supereruption , known as the Lava Creek Eruption, took place 640,000 years ago and created the Lava Creek Tuff , and the most ...
The Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe, are located 35 miles (56 km) north of Thacker Pass and the closest Native American community to the project. [99] On February 6, 2023, U.S. District Judge Miranda Du denied [100] the majority of the protestors claims leaving the way forward for mine construction to commence. [101]
McDermitt Caldera; O. Oasis Valley; P. Pahute Mesa; Y. Yucca Mountain This page was last edited on 16 May 2022, at 11:15 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
One broad geologic feature in the Trout Creek Mountains is McDermitt Caldera. The oval-shaped caldera is a collapsed lava dome that straddles the Oregon–Nevada border on the eastern side of the range south of the Oregon Canyon Mountains. [23] [24] It is about 28 miles (45 km) long and 22 miles (35 km) wide. [24]
McDermitt Caldera: 2,078: 6,816-16.39 ± 0.02 million years ago Mahogany Mountain 15.5 million years ago Mount McLoughlin ...
The Double H Mountains are a mountain range in Humboldt County, Nevada. [1] The northern end and eastward scape of the range define the southern margin of the McDermitt Caldera.