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The Gargoyles

The Gargoyles

Mountain peaks in British Columbia, Canada

The Gargoyles are two mountain peaks in the Garibaldi Ranges of the Pacific Ranges in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. The highest peak has an elevation of 1,823 m (5,981 ft) whereas the lowest peak has an elevation of 1,816 m (5,958 ft).[1] A deeply eroded obsidian dome remnant at The Gargoyles contains 77% silica content and is the only Quaternary high-silica rhyolite identified anywhere in the Cascade Volcanic Arc north of the Three Sisters. The age of this rhyolite is poorly known.[2]

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The Gargoyles were originally mapped as the Lava Peaks by William Henry Mathews in 1958. The current name was suggested and adopted in 1978.[1] Another name applied to The Gargoyles is Lava Peak.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "The Gargoyles". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  2. [2]
    Hildreth, Wes (2007). Quaternary Magmatism in the Cascades—Geologic Perspectives. United States Geological Survey. pp. 11, 77, 90. ISBN 978-1-4113-1945-5.
  3. [3]
    Wilson, A. M.; Russell, J. K. (2018), "Quaternary glaciovolcanism in the Canadian Cascade volcanic arc—Paleoenvironmental implications", Field Volcanology: A Tribute to the Distinguished Career of Don Swanson, Geological Society of America, doi:10.1130/2018.2538(06), ISBN 9780813725383, S2CID 210299534
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