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Latir-Agua Fria Peak volcanic field

Location: 
36°34'11.92", 105°31'16"
Type: 
older intermediate-rhyolitic lava flows, tuff, and intrusions
Age: 
Between 22 and 37 Ma before present
Significance: 
A distal outlier of the San Juan volcanic field, it is within the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and partly rsponsible for unusual rare earth ores
Composition: 
Rhyolite and intermediate volcanic rocks
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