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Thirtynine Mile volcanic area
The
Thirtynine Mile volcanic area
,
Central Colorado volcanic field
, is an
extinct
volcanic area
located in
Park
and
Teller
counties,
Colorado
, northwest of
Cripple Creek
and southeast of
South Park
. The area was the site of significant
volcanism
in the
Paleogene
Period about 35 million years ago.
Ashfall
and
lahars
(mudflows) from the volcanoes created the conditions for
fossilization
at what is now
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
.
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