Ryholite Butte

Rhyolite Butte is a butte in Great Basin, UT. Elevation: 5961 feet. Rhyolite is a felsic extrusive rock. Due to the high silica content, rhyolite lava is very viscous. It flows slowly, like tooth paste squeezed out of a tube, and tends to pile up and form lava domes. Rhyolite is the volcanic equivalent of granite. Rhyolite is a felsic extrusive rock. Due to the high silica content, rhyolite lava is very viscous. It flows slowly, like tooth paste squeezed out of a tube, and tends to pile up and form lava domes. ... Rhyolite Butte is near the SUN TUNNELS. The music was written for this video by Mark Boer.