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Town of Basalt The Town of Basalt is a Statutory Town in Eagle and Pitkin counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. The town population was 3,857 at the 2010 United States Census
On Earth, most basalt magmas have formed by decompression melting of the mantle. Basalt commonly erupts on Io, the third largest moon of Jupiter, and has also formed on Earth's Moon, Mars, Venus, and the asteroid Vesta. Source rocks for the partial melts probably include both peridotite and pyroxenite.