# Carmacks Group
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{{Short description|Canadian volcanic group in the Yukon}}
The '''Carmacks Group''' is a [Late Cretaceous](/source/Late_Cretaceous) [volcanic group](/source/volcanic_group) in southwest-central [Yukon](/source/Yukon), Canada, located between the communities of [Dawson City](/source/Dawson_City) and [Whitehorse](/source/Whitehorse%2C_Yukon). It consists of [flood basalt](/source/flood_basalt)s, coarse volcaniclastic rocks and sandy [tuff](/source/tuff)s interbedded with [subordinate](/source/subordinate) [andesite](/source/andesite) and [basalt](/source/basalt)ic lava flows.[{{cite journal|title=Yellowstone in Yukon: The Late Cretaceous Carmacks Group|last1=Johnson|first1=Stehen T.|last2=Wynne|first2=P. Jane|last3=Hart|first3=Craig J. R.|last4=Enkin|first4=Randolph J.|last5=Engebretson|first5=David C.|journal=Geology (Boulder)|publisher=[Geological Society of America](/source/Geological_Society_of_America)|volume=24|page=998|year=1996|issue=11|doi=10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0997:YIYTLC>2.3.CO;2|bibcode=1996Geo....24..997J|issn=0091-7613}}] It has been interpreted to be a displaced portion of the [Yellowstone hotspot](/source/Yellowstone_hotspot) track that was formed 70 million years ago.