Mount Maidu

{{Short description|Extinct stratovolcano in the Lassen area}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Maidu

| elevation_ft = 6965

| coordinates = {{coord|40|17|56|N|121|37|1|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}

| type = Stratovolcano

| last_eruption = Pleistocene

}}

Mount Maidu, located in Tehama County, California, is an extinct stratovolcano south of the Lassen volcanic center. It has Mineral, California, a small community, in its caldera.

Geography

Mount Maidu is located southwest of Mount Tehama, northwest of Lake Almanor, and north of Chico, California.

Geology

Mount Maidu is one of the several stratovolcanoes that surround the modern Lassen Peak. It has rhyolite lava domes on its northern flank.

References

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{{cite web|url=https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/lassen-volcanic-center/science/eruption-history-lassen-volcanic-center-and-surrounding

| title = Eruption History of the Lassen Volcanic Center and Surrounding Region | publisher = USGS | access-date = 2024-08-20}}

{{cite web|url=https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=323819

| title = Maidu | publisher = Global Volcanism Program | access-date = 2024-08-20}}

}}

Category:Volcanoes of California

Category:Pleistocene stratovolcanoes

Category:Stratovolcanoes of California

Category:Extinct volcanoes of the United States

Category:Calderas of California

Category:Cascade Volcanoes