Lunar Crater National Back Country Byway - North Rim of Lunar Crater - National Scenic Byways on Waymarking.com

Lunar Crater is the primary feature along the 24-mile long Lunar Crater National Back Country Byway. Lunar Crater is a maar volcano formed by violent steam eruptions resulting from magma encountering ground water. The crater is about three quarters of a mile in diameter and 400 feet deep. The crater walls expose multiple basalt flows and rhyolite ash flow. The crater rim is made up of debris erupted from the crater by the steam explosions.
For more information on Lunar Crater see the following:
Geology of the Lunar Crater Volcanic Field, Nye County, Nevada - (visit link)
Geologic Map of Lunar Crater 15’ Quad - (visit link)

Program: BLM Back Country Byways Website: [Web Link] Official Name: Lunar Crater National Back Country Byway

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Date Logged Log   10/03/2016 Volcanoguy visited it