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Grande Ronde Feeder Dikes

Grande Ronde Feeder Dikes
Grande Ronde Feeder Dikes

The Grande Ronde Feeder Dikes is the best example of basalt dikes, the congealed feeder sources of the Columbia River basalt plateau. The site illustrates how these flows originated by eruption along multiple fissures.

Location: Asotin County, WA

Year designated: 1980

Acres: 572

Ownership: Private


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Last Updated: June 28, 2012