Mount Zion Church Basalt
| Mount Zion Church Basalt | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: 201.8 ± 0.7 Ma | |
A basalt rock from the Mount Zion Church Basalt | |
| Type | Half Graben |
| Unit of | Newark Supergroup |
| Overlies | Midland Formation |
| Thickness | up to 100 metres (330 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Basalt |
| Location | |
| Location | Virginia |
| Coordinates | 38°54′02″N 77°37′22″W / 38.9006°N 77.6229°W |
| Region | Culpeper Basin |
| Country | United States |
| Extent | 30 miles (48 km) |
Mount Zion Church Basalt General location of the Mount Zion Church Basalt | |
The Mount Zion Church Basalt is a large volume flood basalt lava field located in the Culpeper Basin in the US state of Virginia. It was associated with the rifting and initial break-up of the ancient supercontinent Pangea. Part of the larger Newark Supergroup formation which is a part of the Central Atlantic magmatic province (CAMP) large igneous province which erupted ~201 Ma.