Mammoth Mountain straddles the southwest rim of Long Valley Caldera.
It is the largest post-caldera volcanic cone in the Long Valley area.
The mountain was built by at least 12 eruptions of thick lava flows
and steep domes 200,000-50,000 years ago.
View of Mammoth Mountain from the northwest caldera rim
toward the south.
View of Mammoth Mountain from the resurgent dome toward the west.
View of Mammoth Mountain and the Casa Diablo geothermal facility
from the resurgent dome toward the west.
U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California, USA
URL http://lvo.wr.usgs.gov/gallery/MammothMt_1.html
Contact: Long Valley Web Team
Last modification: 9 October 1999 (SRB)
