Bennett Lake Volcanic Complex

Bennett Lake Volcanic Complex
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Geography
LocationBritish Columbia/Yukon, Canada
Parent rangeBoundary Ranges, Coast Mountains
Geology
Age of rock50 million years
Mountain typeCaldera
Last eruptionEocene

The Bennett Lake Volcanic Complex (BLVC) is a huge 50-million-year-old extinct caldera complex that spans across the British Columbia-Yukon border in Canada. It is located near the western end of the West Arm of Bennett Lake. The caldera complex is surrounded by granitic rocks containing pendants.

It is located near the eastern contact of the Coast Plutonic Complex and the Whitehorse Trough. There are thick series of pyroclastic and epiclastic rocks at the caldera. Remnants of this huge caldera complex are preserved near Bennett Lake in the Coast Mountains. The complex compose the Skukum Group.