| Mount Maidu | |
|---|---|
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 6,965 ft (2,123 m) |
| Coordinates | 40°17′56″N121°37′1″W / 40.29889°N 121.61694°W /40.29889; -121.61694 |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Stratovolcano[1] |
| Last eruption | Pleistocene[1] |
Mount Maidu, located inTehama County, California, is an extinctstratovolcano[1] south of theLassen volcanic center. It hasMineral, California, a small community, in itscaldera.
Mount Maidu is located southwest ofMount Tehama, northwest ofLake Almanor, and north ofChico, California.
Mount Maidu is one of the severalstratovolcanoes that surround the modernLassen Peak.[2] It hasrhyolite lava domes on its northern flank.[1]