The Global Volcanism Program has no activity reports available for Mascota Volcanic Field.
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The Global Volcanism Program has no Bulletin Reports available for Mascota Volcanic Field.
This compilation of synonyms and subsidiary features may not be comprehensive. Features are organized into four major categories: Cones, Craters, Domes, and Thermal Features. Synonyms of features appear indented below the primary name. In some cases additional feature type, elevation, or location details are provided.
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| Feature Name | Feature Type | Elevation | Latitude | Longitude |
| Embocadero, Volcan | Pyroclastic cone | 1376 m | 20° 34' 25" N | 104° 52' 36" W |
| Malpaís, Volcan | Pyroclastic cone | 1677 m | 20° 34' 22" N | 104° 47' 5" W |
| Molcajete, Volcan | Pyroclastic cone | 1494 m | 20° 33' 27" N | 104° 46' 15" W |
| Molcajete, Volcán el | Pyroclastic cone | 1791 m | 20° 41' 2" N | 104° 46' 21" W |
| Novillero, Volcan | Pyroclastic cone | 1433 m | 20° 33' 43" N | 104° 46' 37" W |
| Palmas, Cerro las | Pyroclastic cone | 1590 m | 20° 29' 24" N | 104° 48' 8" W |
| Puerta, Volcan | Pyroclastic cone | 1383 m | 20° 34' 46" N | 104° 52' 18" W |
| Puerto, Volcan el | Pyroclastic cone | 1338 m | 20° 33' 49" N | 104° 52' 9" W |
Domes |
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| Feature Name | Feature Type | Elevation | Latitude | Longitude |
| Agritas, Volcan las | Dome | 1442 m | 20° 33' 11" N | 104° 52' 26" W |
| Desmonte, Volcan | Dome | 1686 m | 20° 31' 8" N | 104° 42' 58" W |
| Malpaís, Cerro el | Dome | 2148 m | 20° 37' 49" N | 104° 44' 28" W |
| Melon, Volcan | Dome | 1632 m | 20° 32' 40" N | 104° 55' 52" W |
| Mesas, Volcan las | Dome | 1672 m | 20° 34' 50" N | 104° 54' 51" W |
| Molcajete Galope, Volcan | Dome | 1646 m | 20° 34' 39" N | 104° 45' 40" W |
| Molcajete, Volcan el | Dome | 1780 m | 20° 31' 17" N | 104° 41' 26" W |
| Puerto, Volcan el | Dome | 2525 m | 20° 34' 43" N | 104° 43' 11" W |
| Tecomate, Cerro | Dome | 1675 m | 20° 33' 35" N | 104° 45' 27" W |
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The Global Volcanism Program is not aware of any Holocene eruptions from Mascota Volcanic Field. If this volcano has had large eruptions (VEI >= 4) prior to 12,000 years ago, information might be found on the Mascota Volcanic Field page in the LaMEVE (Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions) database, a part of the Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA).
There is no Deformation History data available for Mascota Volcanic Field.
There is no Emissions History data available for Mascota Volcanic Field.
The forested lava flow extending across the valley floor in the center of the photo is from Volcán Malpais in the Mascota Volcanic Field, and may be only a few thousand years old. The flow is seen here looking west across the graben floor from Volcán Molcajete. 
Part of the Mascota Volcanic Field in the Jalisco tectonic block east of Puerto Vallarta appears in this aerial view from the south. The scoria cone in the center is Volcán Molcajete, which along with the smaller Volcán Novillero to its left. The forested lava flow at the left side of the valley originated from Volcán Malpais. It is located at the valley margin above and left of Volcán Novillero.
The summit ridge of flat-topped Volcán Molcajete (left) is at the level of the horizon in this view from the SW. Molcajete, referring to stone bowls used for grinding grains, is a common name applied to scoria cones with well-preserved craters. Volcán El Tecomate is the steep-sided scoria cone to the right. These two cones are located NE of the town of Mascota and are part of a Pleistocene-to-Holocene volcanic field in the Jalisco block, which is being underthrust by the eastward-subducting Rivera tectonic plate.
Volcán el Puerto (left) and Volcán Embarcadero (right) are seen from the east across fields of the Mascota graben. Both cones have craters that open towards the east. They are in the NW side of the Mascota Volcanic Field and erupted near the western base of the graben walls, which in this view consists of metamorphic rocks and elsewhere of Cretaceous tuffs. The Mascota graben here is about 5 km wide.
A group of scoria cones and lava domes are located near the town of Mascota, east of Puerto Vallarta. Steep-sided Tecomate lava dome (near the center) and Molcajete scoria cone (right center) are seen here from the NW. A recent eruption produced a lava flow from Volcán Malpais, north of Mascota.
Volcán Tecomate (left of center) and flat-topped Volcán Molcajete (to the right), seen here from the NW, are two of the scoria cones and domes of the Mascota Volcanic Field. These are part of a group cinder cones and lava flows located within the Talpa and Mascota grabens near the town of Mascota, east of Puerto Vallarta. Maps are not currently available due to technical issues.
The following 99 samples associated with this volcano can be found in the Smithsonian's NMNH Department of Mineral Sciences collections, and may be availble for research (contact the Rock and Ore Collections Manager). Catalog number links will open a window with more information.
| Catalog Number | Sample Description | Lava Source | Collection Date |
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| NMNH 117174-2 | Minette | NOVILLERO, VOLCAN | -- |
| NMNH 117174-3 | Minette | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117174-4 | Minette | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117174-5 | Minette | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117174-6 | Minette (?) | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117253-1 | Basalt | Los Cerritos De La Laja | -- |
| NMNH 117253-10 | Basalt | Los Cerritos De La Laja | -- |
| NMNH 117253-11 | Basalt | Los Cerritos De La Laja | -- |
| NMNH 117253-12 | Basalt | Los Cerritos De La Laja | -- |
| NMNH 117253-13 | Basalt | Los Cerritos De La Laja | -- |
| NMNH 117253-14 | Basalt | Los Cerritos De La Laja | -- |
| NMNH 117253-15 | Basalt | Los Cerritos De La Laja | -- |
| NMNH 117253-16 | Basalt | La Cienega | -- |
| NMNH 117253-18 | Basalt | Tio Cleto | -- |
| NMNH 117253-19 | Basalt | Tio Cleto | -- |
| NMNH 117253-2 | Basalt | Cerro Tio Cleto | -- |
| NMNH 117253-20 | Basalt | El Vigia | -- |
| NMNH 117253-21 | Basalt | El Vigia | -- |
| NMNH 117253-22 | Basalt | El Vigia | -- |
| NMNH 117253-23 | Basalt | El Vigia | -- |
| NMNH 117253-24 | Basalt | El Vigia | -- |
| NMNH 117253-25 | Basaltic Andesite | El Vigia | -- |
| NMNH 117253-26 | Basaltic Andesite | El Vigia | -- |
| NMNH 117253-27 | Basalt | Tio Cleto | -- |
| NMNH 117253-28 | Basalt | Tio Cleto | -- |
| NMNH 117253-3 | Andesite | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117253-82 | Basalt | Los Cerritos De La Laja | -- |
| NMNH 117253-83 | Basaltic Andesite | El Vigia | -- |
| NMNH 117253-84 | Andesite | La Cienega | -- |
| NMNH 117253-85 | Basalt | Los Cerritos De La Laja | -- |
| NMNH 117626-1 | Basalt | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-10 | Minette | Volcán Novillero | -- |
| NMNH 117626-11 | Basalt | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-12 | Basalt | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-13 | Basaltic Andesite | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-14 | Andesite | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-15 | Minette | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-16 | Andesite | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-17 | Minette | Volcán Molcajete | -- |
| NMNH 117626-18 | Minette | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-19 | Andesite | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-2 | Basalt | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-20 | Andesite | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-21 | Minette | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-22 | Basaltic Andesite | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-23 | Basalt | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-24 | Basaltic Andesite | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-25 | Basaltic Andesite | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-26 | Basalt | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-27 | Basaltic Andesite | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-28 | Basalt | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-29 | Andesite | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-3 | Minette | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-30 | Minette | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-31 | Minette | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-32 | Minette | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-33 | Andesite (?) Tuff | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-34 | Minette | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-35 | Andesite | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-36 | Andesite | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-37 | Andesite | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-38 | Hornblende-Olivine Andesite | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-39 | Minette | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-4 | Scoria | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-40 | Andesite (?) Tuff | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-41 | Alkali Olivine Basalt | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-42 | Andesite | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-43 | Rhyolite | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-44 | Volcanic Rock | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-45 | Basalt | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-46 | Minette | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-47 | Minette | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-48 | Minette | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-49 | Basalt | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-5 | Scoria | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-50 | Minette | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-51 | Minette | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-52 | Basalt | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-53 | Basalt | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-54 | Scoria | Volcán Novillero | -- |
| NMNH 117626-55 | Scoria | Novillero cone | -- |
| NMNH 117626-56 | Scoria | Novillero cone | -- |
| NMNH 117626-57 | Scoria | Volcán Molcajete | -- |
| NMNH 117626-58 | Scoria | Volcán Molcajete | -- |
| NMNH 117626-59 | Scoria | Volcán La Esperanza | -- |
| NMNH 117626-6 | Scoria | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-60 | Scoria | Volcán La Esperanza | -- |
| NMNH 117626-61 | Ash | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-62 | Scoria | Volcán El Puerto | -- |
| NMNH 117626-63 | Scoria | Volcán El Puerto | -- |
| NMNH 117626-64 | Scoria | Volcán Molcajete | -- |
| NMNH 117626-65 | Scoria | Volcán Molcajete | -- |
| NMNH 117626-66 | Spessartite | Volcán El Malpais | -- |
| NMNH 117626-67 | Charcoal | Volcán El Malpais | -- |
| NMNH 117626-68 | Andesite | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-69 | Andesite | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-7 | Granitic Xenolith | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-8 | Pumice Xenolith | -- | -- |
| NMNH 117626-9 | Basalt | -- | -- |
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| Volcanic Hazard Maps | The IAVCEI Commission on Volcanic Hazards and Risk has a Volcanic Hazard Maps database designed to serve as a resource for hazard mappers (or other interested parties) to explore how common issues in hazard map development have been addressed at different volcanoes, in different countries, for different hazards, and for different intended audiences. In addition to the comprehensive, searchable Volcanic Hazard Maps Database, this website contains information about diversity of volcanic hazard maps, illustrated using examples from the database. This site is for educational purposes related to volcanic hazard maps. Hazard maps found on this website should not be used for emergency purposes. For the most recent, official hazard map for a particular volcano, please seek out the proper institutional authorities on the matter. |
| IRIS seismic stations/networks | Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) Data Services map showing the location of seismic stations from all available networks (permanent or temporary) within a radius of 0.18° (about 20 km at mid-latitudes) from the given location of Mascota Volcanic Field. Users can customize a variety of filters and options in the left panel. Note that if there are no stations are known the map will default to show the entire world with a "No data matched request" error notice. |
| UNAVCO GPS/GNSS stations | Geodetic Data Services map from UNAVCO showing the location of GPS/GNSS stations from all available networks (permanent or temporary) within a radius of 20 km from the given location of Mascota Volcanic Field. Users can customize the data search based on station or network names, location, and time window. Requires Adobe Flash Player. |
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| Large Eruptions of Mascota Volcanic Field | Information about large Quaternary eruptions (VEI >= 4) is cataloged in the Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions (LaMEVE) database of the Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA). |
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