Solitary Mountain

Solitary Mountain
Highest point
Elevation	1,858 m (6,096 ft)
Prominence	653 m (2,142 ft)
Coordinates	61°58′17″N 134°07′38″W
Geography
Location	Yukon, Canada
Parent range	Big Salmon Range
Topo map	NTS 105E16 Solitary Mountain
Geology
Rock age	Late Cretaceous

Solitary Mountain is a mountain in the Big Salmon Range of the Pelly Mountains in southcentral Yukon, Canada, located 49 km (30 mi) southwest of Faro. It is named for its isolation and is south of the Robert Campbell Highway.

Solitary Mountain consists of Late Cretaceous volcanics of the Carmacks Group, a 63,000 km^2 (24,000 sq mi) volcanic group that may have its origin from volcanism of the Yellowstone hotspot some 70 million years ago.[1] Unlike much of the Carmacks Group, the volcanics comprising Solitary Mountain are separated by the large strike-slip Teslin Fault.[2]

References

1. Johnson, Stehen T.; Wynne, P. Jane; Hart, Craig J. R.; Enkin, Randolph J.; Engebretson, David C. (1996). "Yellowstone in Yukon: The Late Cretaceous Carmacks Group". Geology. 24 (11). Geological Society of America: 998. Bibcode:1996Geo....24..997J. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0997:YIYTLC>2.3.CO;2.
2. Enkin, Randolph J.; Johnston, Stephen T.; Larson, Kyle P.; Baker, Judith (2006). "Paleomagnatism of the 70 Ma Carmacks Group at Solitary Mountain, Yukon, confirms and extends controversial results: Further evidence for the Baja British Columbia model" (Document). Geological Survey of Canada. p. 221.