Last updated: July 27, 2022
Place
Falls Trail Tour - Stop 3
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This is a geologically active area, and the Jemez Volcano was not the only one to erupt. Look below the tuff, and you can see basalt, a much darker and harder rock. These older deposits from the Cerros del Rio Volcanic Field were created in a very different way. The basalt formed as numerous vents oozed magma into the cooling air.