Dotsero, Colorado
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Volcano
Dotsero is built at the base of Colorado's most recently active volcano, the DotseroDotsero
Dotsero is a wide by deep maar volcano located in Dotsero, Colorado near the junction of the Colorado River and the Eagle River. It is classified as a scoria cone with evaporitic rock, basaltic tephra, and oxidized sandstone. Erupting approximately 4200 years ago, it is the youngest volcano in...
Crater, which, according to the United States Geological Survey
United States Geological Survey
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, erupted 4,140 years ago.
The main industry at Dotsero for years consisted of making cinderblocks from the volcano.